An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1680-1690

  Karlsson Linner R ^a,b   Marioni, R E ^c   Rietveld, C A ^b,d,e   Simpkin, A J ^f   Davies, N M ^g   Watanabe, K ^a   Armstrong, N J ^h   Auro, K ^i,j   Baumbach, C ^k   Bonder, M J ^l   Buchwald, J ⁱ   Fiorito, G ^m,n   Ismail, K ⁱ   Iurato, S ^o   Joensuu, A ^i,j   Karell, P ⁱ   Kasela, S ^p,q   Lahti, J ⁱ   McRae, A F ^r   Mandaviya, P R ^e   Seppala I ^s,t   Wang, Y ^u   Baglietto, L ^v   Binder, E B ^o,w   Harris, S E ^c   Hodge, A M ^x,y   Horvath, S ^z   Hurme, M ^s,t,aa   Johannesson, M ^ab   Latvala, A ⁱ   Mather, K A ^ac   Medland, S E ^ad   Metspalu, A ^p,q   Milani, L ^p   Milne, R L ^x,y   Pattie, A ^c   Pedersen, N L ^u   Peters, A ^k   Polidoro, S ^m   Raikkonen K ⁱ   Severi, G ^m,x,ae   Starr, J M ^c   Stolk, L ^e   Waldenberger, M ^k   Eriksson, J G ^j,af,ag   Esko, T ^p,ah   Franke, L ^l   Gieger, C ^k   Giles, G G ^x,y   Hagg S ^u   Jousilahti, P ^j   Kaprio, J ⁱ   Kahonen M ^t,ai   Lehtimaki T ^s,t   Martin, N G ^ad   Van Meurs, J B C ^e   Ollikainen, M ⁱ   Perola, M ^i,j   Posthuma, D ^a   Raitakari, O T ^aj,ak   Sachdev, P S ^ac,al   Taskesen, E ^a,am   Uitterlinden, A G ^e   Vineis, P ^m,an   Wijmenga, C ^l   Wright, M J ^r   Relton, C ^g   Davey Smith, G ^g   Deary, I J ^c,x   Koellinger, P D ^a,b   Benjamin, D J ^ao   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^m Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^s FIMLAB LABORATORIES   (Finland)

^t TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^u KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^v INSERM   (France)

^w EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa Jyvaskyla University   (Finland)

^ab STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^ad QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^ae INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^af HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ag FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^ah BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^ai TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^aj TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^al PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^am VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^an IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DNA METHYLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; MYO1G GENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CPG ISLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; META ANALYSIS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

EID: 85035328455     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.210     Document Type: Article

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