Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Aysu Okbay, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Mark Alan Fontana, James J. Lee, Tune H. Pers, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Patrick Turley, Guo-Bo Chen, Valur Emilsson, S. Fleur W. Meddens, Sven Oskarsson, Joseph K. Pickrell, Kevin Thom, Pascal Timshel, Ronald de Vlaming, Abdel Abdellaoui, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Jonas Bacelis, Clemens Baumbach, Gyda Bjornsdottir, Johannes H. Brandsma, Maria Pina Concas, Jaime Derringer, Nicholas A. Furlotte, Tessel E. Galesloot, Giorgia Girotto, Richa Gupta, Leanne M. Hall, Sarah E. Harris, Edith Hofer, Momoko Horikoshi, Jennifer E. Huffman, Kadri Kaasik, Ioanna P. Kalafati, Robert Karlsson, Augustine Kong, Jari Lahti, Sven J. van der Lee, Christiaan deLeeuw, Penelope A. Lind, Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Tian Liu, Massimo Mangino, Jonathan Marten, Evelin Mihailov, Michael B. Miller, Peter J. van der Most, Christopher Oldmeadow, Antony Payton, Natalia Pervjakova, Wouter J. Peyrot, Yong Qian, Olli Raitakari, Rico Rueedi, Erika Salvi, Börge Schmidt, Katharina E. Schraut, Jianxin Shi, Albert V. Smith, Raymond A. Poot, Beate St Pourcain, Alexander Teumer, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Niek Verweij, Dragana Vuckovic, Juergen Wellmann, Harm-Jan Westra, Jingyun Yang, Wei Zhao, Zhihong Zhu, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Najaf Amin, Andrew Bakshi, Sebastian E. Baumeister, Ginevra Biino, Klaus Bønnelykke, Patricia A. Boyle, Harry Campbell, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gail Davies, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Panos Deloukas, Ilja Demuth, Jun Ding, Peter Eibich, Lewin Eisele, Niina Eklund, David M. Evans, Jessica D. Faul, Mary F. Feitosa, Andreas J. Forstner, Ilaria Gandin, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Bjarni V. Halldórsson, Tamara B. Harris, Andrew C. Heath, Lynne J. Hocking, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Georg Homuth, Michael A. Horan, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Philip L. de Jager, Peter K. Joshi, Astanand Jugessur, Marika A. Kaakinen, Mika Kähönen, Stavroula Kanoni, Liisa Keltigangas-Järvinen, Lambertus A. L. M. Kiemeney, Ivana Kolcic, Seppo Koskinen, Aldi T. Kraja, Martin Kroh, Zoltan Kutalik, Antti Latvala, Lenore J. Launer, Maël P. Lebreton, Douglas F. Levinson, Paul Lichtenstein, Peter Lichtner, David C. M. Liewald, LifeLines Cohort Study, Anu Loukola, Pamela A. Madden, Reedik Mägi, Tomi Mäki-Opas, Riccardo E. Marioni, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Gerardus A. Meddens, George McMahon, Christa Meisinger, Thomas Meitinger, Yusplitri Milaneschi, Lili Milani, Grant W. Montgomery, Ronny Myhre, Christopher P. Nelson, Dale R. Nyholt, William E. R. Ollier, Aarno Palotie, Lavinia Paternoster, Nancy L. Pedersen, Katja E. Petrovic, David J. Porteous, Katri Räikkönen, Susan M. Ring, Antonietta Robino, Olga Rostapshova, Igor Rudan, Aldo Rustichini, Veikko Salomaa, Alan R. Sanders, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Helena Schmidt, Rodney J. Scott, Blair H. Smith, Jennifer A. Smith, Jan A. Staessen, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Konstantin Strauch, Antonio Terracciano, Martin D. Tobin, Sheila Ulivi, Simona Vaccargiu, Lydia Quaye, Frank J. A. van Rooij, Cristina Venturini, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Uwe Völker, Henry Völzke, Judith M. Vonk, Diego Vozzi, Johannes Waage, Erin B. Ware, Gonneke Willemsen, John R. Attia, David A. Bennett, Klaus Berger, Lars Bertram, Hans Bisgaard, Dorret I. Boomsma, Ingrid B. Borecki, Ute Bültmann, Christopher F. Chabris, Francesco Cucca, Daniele Cusi, Ian J. Deary, George V. Dedoussis, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Johan G. Eriksson, Barbara Franke, Lude Franke, Paolo Gasparini, Pablo V. Gejman, Christian Gieger, Hans-Jörgen Grabe, Jacob Gratten, Patrick Groenen (), Vilmundur Gudnason, Pim van der Harst, Caroline Hayward, David A. Hinds, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Elina Hyppönen, William G. Iacono, Bo Jacobsson, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Jaakko Kaprio, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Terho Lehtimäki, Steven Lehrer (), Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nicholas G. Martin, Matt McGue, Andres Metspalu, Neil Pendleton, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Markus Perola, Nicola Pirastu, Mario Pirastu, Ozren Polasek, Danielle Posthuma, Christine Power, Michael A. Province, Nilesh J. Samani, David Schlessinger, Reinhold Schmidt, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Tim D. Spector, Kari Stefansson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Roy Thurik, Nicholas J. Timpson, Henning Tiemeier, Joyce Y. Tung, André G. Uitterlinden, Veronique Vitart, Peter Vollenweider, David R. Weir, James F. Wilson, Alan F. Wright, Dalton C. Conley, Robert F. Krueger, George Davey Smith, Albert Hofman, David Laibson, Sarah E. Medland, Michelle N. Meyer, Jian Yang, Magnus Johannesson, Peter M. Visscher (), Tõnu Esko, Philipp D. Koellinger (), David Cesarini and Daniel J. Benjamin ()
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Patrick Turley: Harvard University
Guo-Bo Chen: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Valur Emilsson: Icelandic Heart Association
S. Fleur W. Meddens: Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology
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Joseph K. Pickrell: New York Genome Center
Kevin Thom: New York University
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Momoko Horikoshi: Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford
Jennifer E. Huffman: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Kadri Kaasik: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki
Ioanna P. Kalafati: Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Science and Education, Harokopio University
Robert Karlsson: Karolinska Institutet
Augustine Kong: deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.
Jari Lahti: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki
Sven J. van der Lee: Erasmus Medical Center
Christiaan deLeeuw: VU University, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
Penelope A. Lind: Quantitative Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Karl-Oskar Lindgren: Uppsala University
Tian Liu: Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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Jonathan Marten: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Evelin Mihailov: Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
Michael B. Miller: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Peter J. van der Most: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
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Antony Payton: Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Institute of Population Health, The University of Manchester
Natalia Pervjakova: Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
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Olli Raitakari: Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku
Rico Rueedi: University of Lausanne
Erika Salvi: University of Milan
Börge Schmidt: Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen
Katharina E. Schraut: Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Jianxin Shi: National Cancer Institute
Albert V. Smith: Icelandic Heart Association
Raymond A. Poot: Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Beate St Pourcain: MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol
Alexander Teumer: Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald
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Niek Verweij: University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
Dragana Vuckovic: Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste
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Harm-Jan Westra: Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jingyun Yang: Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center
Wei Zhao: University of Michigan
Zhihong Zhu: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Behrooz Z. Alizadeh: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
Najaf Amin: Erasmus Medical Center
Andrew Bakshi: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Sebastian E. Baumeister: Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald
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Francesco P. Cappuccio: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Gail Davies: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
Panos Deloukas: William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Ilja Demuth: The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Douglas F. Levinson: Stanford University
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Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7604, 539-542

Abstract: A genome-wide association study in 293,723 individuals identifies 74 genetic variants associated with educational attainment, which, although only explaining a small proportion of the variation in educational attainment, highlights candidate genes and pathways for further study.

Date: 2016
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