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SUBMITTER: Roselli C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136836 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature genetics 20180611 9
Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects more than 33 million individuals worldwide<sup>1</sup> and has a complex heritability<sup>2</sup>. We conducted the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for AF to date, consisting of more than half a million individuals, including 65,446 with AF. In total, we identified 97 loci significantly associated with AF, including 67 that were novel in a combined-ancestry analysis, and 3 that were novel in a European-specific analysis. We sought ...[more]