Genetic variants linked to education predict longevity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 47, 2016, Pages 13366-13371

  Marioni, R E ^a   Ritchie, S J ^a   Joshi, P K ^a,a   Hagenaars, S P ^a   Okbay, A ^a   Fischer, K ^a   Adams, M J ^a   Hill, W D ^a   Davies, G ^a,a   Nagy, R ^a   Amador, C ^a   Lall K ^a   Metspalu, A ^a   Liewald, D C ^a   Campbell, A ^a   Wilson, J F ^a,a   Hayward, C ^a,a   Esko, T ^a   Porteous, D J ^a   Gale, C R ^a   Deary, I J ^a   Beauchamp, J P ^a   Fontana, M A ^a   Lee, J J ^a   Pers, T H ^a   Rietveld, C A ^a   Turley, P ^a   Chen, G B ^a   Emilsson, V ^a   Meddens, S F ^a   Oskarsson, S ^a   Pickrell, J K ^a   Thom, K ^a   Timshel, P ^a   de Vlaming, R ^a   Abdellaoui, A ^a   Ahluwalia, T S ^a   Bacelis, J ^a   Baumbach, C ^a   Bjornsdottir, G ^a   Brandsma, J H ^a   Concas, M P ^a   Derringer, J ^a   Furlotte, N A ^a   Galesloot, T E ^a   Girotto, G ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Hall, L M ^a   Harris, S E ^a   Hofer, E ^a   Horikoshi, M ^a   Huffman, J E ^a   Kaasik, K ^a   Kalafati, I P ^a   Karlsson, R ^a   Kong, A ^a   Lahti, J ^a   van der Lee, S J ^a   de Leeuw, C ^a   Lind, P A ^a   Lindgren, K O ^a   Liu, T ^a   Mangino, M ^a   Marten, J ^a   Mihailov, E ^a   Miller, M B ^a   van der Most, P J ^a   Oldmeadow, C ^a   Payton, A ^a   Pervjakova, N ^a   Peyrot, W J ^a   Qian, Y ^a   Raitakari, O ^a   Rueedi, R ^a   Salvi, E ^a   Schmidt, B ^a   Schraut, K E ^a   Shi, J ^a   Smith, A V ^a   Poot, R A ^a   St Pourcain, B ^a   Teumer, A ^a   Thorleifsson, G ^a   Verweij, N ^a   Vuckovic, D ^a   Wellmann, J ^a   Westra, H J ^a   Yang, J ^a,a   Zhao, W ^a   Zhu, Z ^a   Alizadeh, B Z ^a   Amin, N ^a   Bakshi, A ^a   Baumeister, S E ^a   Biino, G ^a   Bonnelykke K ^a   Boyle, P A ^a   Campbell, H ^a   Cappuccio, F P ^a   De Neve, J E ^a   Deloukas, P ^a   Demuth, I ^a   Ding, J ^a   Eibich, P ^a   Eisele, L ^a   Eklund, N ^a   Evans, D M ^a   Faul, J D ^a   Feitosa, M F ^a   Forstner, A J ^a   Gandin, I ^a   Gunnarsson, B ^a   Halldorsson B V ^a   Harris, T B ^a   Heath, A C ^a   Hocking, L J ^a   Holliday, E G ^a   Homuth, G ^a   Horan, M A ^a   Hottenga, J J ^a   de Jager, P L ^a   Jugessur, A ^a   Kaakinen, M A ^a   Kahonen M ^a   Kanoni, S ^a   Keltigangas Jarvinen L ^a   Kiemeney, L A ^a   Kolcic, I ^a   Koskinen, S ^a   Kraja, A T ^a   Kroh, M ^a   Kutalik, Z ^a   Latvala, A ^a   Launer, L J ^a   Lebreton, M P ^a   Levinson, D F ^a   Lichtenstein, P ^a   Lichtner, P ^a   Loukola, A ^a   Madden, P A ^a   Magi R ^a   Maki Opas T ^a   Marques Vidal, P ^a   Meddens, G A ^a   McMahon, G ^a   Meisinger, C ^a   Meitinger, T ^a   Milaneschi, Y ^a   Milani, L ^a   Montgomery, G W ^a   Myhre, R ^a   Nelson, C P ^a   Nyholt, D R ^a   Ollier, W E ^a   Palotie, A ^a   Paternoster, L ^a   Pedersen, N L ^a   Petrovic, K E ^a   Raikkonen K ^a   Ring, S M ^a   Robino, A ^a   Rostapshova, O ^a   Rudan, I ^a   Rustichini, A ^a   Salomaa, V ^a   Sanders, A R ^a   Sarin, A P ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Scott, R J ^a   Smith, B H ^a   Smith, J A ^a   Staessen, J A ^a   Steinhagen Thiessen, E ^a   Strauch, K ^a   Terracciano, A ^a   Ulivi, S ^a   Vaccargiu, S ^a   Quaye, L ^a   van Rooij, F J ^a   Venturini, C ^a   Vinkhuyzen, A A ^a   Volker U ^a   Volzke H ^a   Vonk, J M ^a   Vozzi, D ^a   Waage, J ^a   Ware, E B ^a   Willemsen, G ^a   Attia, J R ^a   Bennett, D A ^a   Berger, K ^a   Bertram, L ^a   Bisgaard, H ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a   Borecki, I B ^a   Bultmann, U ^a   Chabris, C F ^a   Cucca, Francesco ^a   Cusi, D ^a   Dedoussis, G V ^a   van Duijn, C M ^a   Eriksson, J G ^a   Franke, B ^a   Franke, L ^a   Gasparini, P ^a   Gejman, P V ^a   Gieger, C ^a   Grabe, H J ^a   Gratten, J ^a   Groenen, P J ^a   Gudnason, V ^a   van der Harst, P ^a   Hinds, D A ^a   Hoffmann, W ^a   Hypponen, E ^a   Iacono, W G ^a   Jacobsson, B ^a   Jarvelin M R ^a   Jockel K H ^a   Kaprio, J ^a   Kardia, S L ^a   Lehtimaki T ^a   Lehrer, S F ^a   Magnusson, P K ^a   Martin, N G ^a   McGue, M ^a   Pendleton, N ^a   Penninx, B W ^a   Perola, M ^a   Pirastu, N ^a   Pirastu, M ^a   Polasek, O ^a   Posthuma, D ^a   Power, C ^a   Province, M A ^a   Samani, N J ^a   Schlessinger, D ^a   Schmidt, R ^a   Sorensen T I ^a   Spector, T D ^a   Stefansson, K ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, U ^a   Thurik, A R ^a   Timpson, N J ^a   Tiemeier, H ^a   Tung, J Y ^a   Uitterlinden, A G ^a   Vitart, V ^a   Vollenweider, P ^a   Weir, D R ^a   Wright, A F ^a   Conley, D C ^a   Krueger, R F ^a   Smith, G D ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Laibson, D I ^a   Medland, S E ^a   Meyer, M N ^a   Johannesson, M ^a   Visscher, P M ^a   Koellinger, P D ^a   Cesarini, D ^a   Benjamin, D J ^a   more..

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Author keywords

Education; Genetics; Longevity; Polygenic score; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOBANK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARENT; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, GENETIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARENTS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84996555363     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605334113     Document Type: Article

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