Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women.

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Title
Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women.
Journal
Human Molecular Genetics
Author(s)
Boraska V., Jerončić A., Colonna V., Southam L., Nyholt D.R., Rayner N.W., Perry J.R., Toniolo D., Albrecht E., Ang W., Bandinelli S., Barbalic M., Barroso I., Beckmann J.S., Biffar R., Boomsma D., Campbell H., Corre T., Erdmann J., Esko T., Fischer K., Franceschini N., Frayling T.M., Girotto G., Gonzalez J.R., Harris T.B., Heath A.C., Heid I.M., Hoffmann W., Hofman A., Horikoshi M., Zhao J.H., Jackson A.U., Hottenga J.J., Jula A., Kähönen M., Khaw K.T., Kiemeney L.A., Klopp N., Kutalik Z., Lagou V., Launer L.J., Lehtimäki T., Lemire M., Lokki M.L., Loley C., Luan J., Mangino M., Mateo Leach I., Medland S.E., Mihailov E., Montgomery G.W., Navis G., Newnham J., Nieminen M.S., Palotie A., Panoutsopoulou K., Peters A., Pirastu N., Polasek O., Rehnström K., Ripatti S., Ritchie G.R., Rivadeneira F., Robino A., Samani N.J., Shin S.Y., Sinisalo J., Smit J.H., Soranzo N., Stolk L., Swinkels D.W., Tanaka T., Teumer A., Tönjes A., Traglia M., Tuomilehto J., Valsesia A., van Gilst W.H., van Meurs J.B., Smith A.V., Viikari J., Vink J.M., Waeber G., Warrington N.M., Widen E., Willemsen G., Wright A.F., Zanke B.W., Zgaga L., Boehnke M., Boehnke M., d'Adamo A.P., de Geus E., Demerath E.W., den Heijer M., Eriksson J.G., Ferrucci L., Gieger C., Gudnason V., Hayward C., Hengstenberg C., Hudson T.J., Järvelin M.R., Kogevinas M., Loos R.J., Martin N.G., Metspalu A., Pennell C.E., Penninx B.W., Perola M., Raitakari O., Salomaa V., Schreiber S., Schunkert H., Spector T.D., Stumvoll M., Uitterlinden A.G., Ulivi S., van der Harst P., Vollenweider P., Völzke H., Wareham N.J., Wichmann H.E., Wilson J.F., Rudan I., Xue Y., Zeggini E.
Working group(s)
Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
ISSN
1460-2083 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0964-6906
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Volume
21
Number
21
Pages
4805-4815
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Abstract
The male-to-female sex ratio at birth is constant across world populations with an average of 1.06 (106 male to 100 female live births) for populations of European descent. The sex ratio is considered to be affected by numerous biological and environmental factors and to have a heritable component. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of common allele modest effects at autosomal and chromosome X variants that could explain the observed sex ratio at birth. We conducted a large-scale genome-wide association scan (GWAS) meta-analysis across 51 studies, comprising overall 114 863 individuals (61 094 women and 53 769 men) of European ancestry and 2 623 828 common (minor allele frequency >0.05) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Allele frequencies were compared between men and women for directly-typed and imputed variants within each study. Forward-time simulations for unlinked, neutral, autosomal, common loci were performed under the demographic model for European populations with a fixed sex ratio and a random mating scheme to assess the probability of detecting significant allele frequency differences. We do not detect any genome-wide significant (P < 5 × 10(-8)) common SNP differences between men and women in this well-powered meta-analysis. The simulated data provided results entirely consistent with these findings. This large-scale investigation across ~115 000 individuals shows no detectable contribution from common genetic variants to the observed skew in the sex ratio. The absence of sex-specific differences is useful in guiding genetic association study design, for example when using mixed controls for sex-biased traits.
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Web of science
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Yes
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