Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT: Resting heart rate is associated with cardiovascular diseases and mortality in observational and Mendelian randomization studies. The aims of this study are to extend the number of resting heart rate associated genetic variants and to obtain further insights in resting heart rate biology and its clinical consequences. A genome-wide meta-analysis of 100 studies in up to 835,465 individuals reveals 493 independent genetic variants in 352 loci, including 68 genetic variants outside previously identified resting heart rate associated loci. We prioritize 670 genes and in silico annotations point to their enrichment in cardiomyocytes and provide insights in their ECG signature. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses indicate that higher genetically predicted resting heart rate increases ris

SUBMITTER: van de Vegte YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10397318 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature