Common variants of large effect in F12, KNG1, and HRG are associated with activated partial thromboplastin time.

Houlihan, Lorna M; Davies, Gail; Tenesa, Albert; Harris, Sarah E; Luciano, Michelle; Gow, Alan J; McGhee, Kevin A; Liewald, David C et al. · Am J Hum Genet · 2010

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) is associated with risk of thrombosis and coagulation disorders. We conducted a genome-wide association study for aPTT and identified significant associations with SNPs in three coagulation cascade genes, F12 (rs2731672, combined p = 2.16 x 10(-30)), KNG1 (rs710446, combined p = 9.52 x 10(-22)), and HRG (rs9898, combined p = 1.34 x 10(-11)). These three SNPs explain approximately 18% of phenotypic variance in aPTT in the Lothian Birth Cohorts.

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