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Heritability of young- and old-onset ischaemic stroke.

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Background and purpose

Although the genetic contribution to stroke risk is well known, it remains unclear if young-onset stroke has a stronger genetic contribution than old-onset stroke. This study aims to compare the heritability of ischaemic stroke risk between young and old, using common genetic variants from whole-genome array data in population-based samples.

Methods

This analysis included 4050 ischaemic stroke cases and 5765 controls from six study populations of European ancestry; 47% of cases were young-onset stroke (age < 55 years). To quantify the heritability for stroke risk in these unrelated individuals, the pairwise genetic relatedness was estimated between individuals based on their whole-genome array data using a mixed linear model. Heritability was estimated separately for young-onset stroke and old-onset stroke (age ≥ 55 years).

Results

Heritabilities for young-onset stroke and old-onset stroke were estimated at 42% (±8%, P < 0.001) and 34% (±10%, P < 0.001), respectively.

Conclusions

Our data suggest that the genetic contribution to the risk of stroke may be higher in young-onset ischaemic stroke, although the difference was not statistically significant.

SUBMITTER: Bluher A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4600023 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Heritability of young- and old-onset ischaemic stroke.

Bluher A A Devan W J WJ Holliday E G EG Nalls M M Parolo S S Bione S S Giese A K AK Boncoraglio G B GB Maguire J M JM Müller-Nurasyid M M Gieger C C Meschia J F JF Rosand J J Rolfs A A Kittner S J SJ Mitchell B D BD O'Connell J R JR Cheng Y C YC

European journal of neurology 20150902 11

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Although the genetic contribution to stroke risk is well known, it remains unclear if young-onset stroke has a stronger genetic contribution than old-onset stroke. This study aims to compare the heritability of ischaemic stroke risk between young and old, using common genetic variants from whole-genome array data in population-based samples.<h4>Methods</h4>This analysis included 4050 ischaemic stroke cases and 5765 controls from six study populations of European an ...[more]

PMID: 26333310

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Heritability of young- and old-onset ischaemic stroke.

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Heritability of young- and old-onset ischaemic stroke.

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