Genome-wide analysis of heart failure yields insights into disease heterogeneity and enables prognostic prediction in the Japanese population.

ABSTRACT: To understand the genetic basis of heart failure (HF) in the Japanese population, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs) comprising 16,251 all-cause HF cases, 4254 HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) cases, 7154 HF with preserved ejection fraction cases, and 11,122 non-ischemic HF cases among 213,828 individuals and identified five novel loci. A subsequent cross-ancestry meta-analysis and multi-trait analysis of the GWAS data identified 19 novel loci in total, with 31 out of the 76 genome-wide significant loci associated with HFrEF despite its smaller sample size. Among these susceptibility loci, a common non-coding variant in TTN (rs1484116) was associated with reduced cardiac function and worse long-term mortality. We leveraged the HF meta-GWASs along with cardiac fun

SUBMITTER: Enzan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12583478 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature