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TITLE
Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women.
ABSTRACT
The male-to-female sex ratio at birth is constant across world populations with an average of 1.06 (106 male to 100 female live births) for populations of European descent. The sex ratio is considered to be affected by numerous biological and environmental factors and to have a heritable component. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of common allele modest effects at autosomal and chromosome X variants that could explain the observed sex ratio at birth. We conducted a large-scale genome-wide association scan (GWAS) meta-analysis across 51 studies, comprising overall 114 863 individuals (61 094 women and 53 769 men) of European ancestry and 2 623 828 common (minor allele frequency >0.05) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Allele frequencies were compared between men and women for directly-typed and imputed variants within each study. Forward-time simulations for unlinked, neutral, autosomal, common loci were performed under the demographic model for European populations with a fixed sex ratio and a random mating scheme to assess the probability of detecting significant allele frequency differences. We do not detect any genome-wide significant (P < 5 × 10(-8)) common SNP differences between men and women in this well-powered meta-analysis. The simulated data provided results entirely consistent with these findings. This large-scale investigation across ~115 000 individuals shows no detectable contribution from common genetic variants to the observed skew in the sex ratio. The absence of sex-specific differences is useful in guiding genetic association study design, for example when using mixed controls for sex-biased traits.
DATE PUBLISHED
2012 Nov 01
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
entrez 2012/07/31 06:00
pubmed 2012/07/31 06:00
medline 2013/04/04 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Boraska V Boraska Vesna V Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. vboraska@mefst.hr
Jerončić A Jerončić Ana A
Colonna V Colonna Vincenza V
Southam L Southam Lorraine L
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Rayner NW Rayner Nigel William NW
Perry JR Perry John R B JR
Toniolo D Toniolo Daniela D
Albrecht E Albrecht Eva E
Ang W Ang Wei W
Bandinelli S Bandinelli Stefania S
Barbalic M Barbalic Maja M
Barroso I Barroso Inês I
Beckmann JS Beckmann Jacques S JS
Biffar R Biffar Reiner R
Boomsma D Boomsma Dorret D
Campbell H Campbell Harry H
Corre T Corre Tanguy T
Erdmann J Erdmann Jeanette J
Esko T Esko Tõnu T
Fischer K Fischer Krista K
Franceschini N Franceschini Nora N
Frayling TM Frayling Timothy M TM
Girotto G Girotto Giorgia G
Gonzalez JR Gonzalez Juan R JR
Harris TB Harris Tamara B TB
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Heid IM Heid Iris M IM
Hoffmann W Hoffmann Wolfgang W
Hofman A Hofman Albert A
Horikoshi M Horikoshi Momoko M
Zhao JH Zhao Jing Hua JH
Jackson AU Jackson Anne U AU
Hottenga JJ Hottenga Jouke-Jan JJ
Jula A Jula Antti A
Kähönen M Kähönen Mika M
Khaw KT Khaw Kay-Tee KT
Kiemeney LA Kiemeney Lambertus A LA
Klopp N Klopp Norman N
Kutalik Z Kutalik Zoltán Z
Lagou V Lagou Vasiliki V
Launer LJ Launer Lenore J LJ
Lehtimäki T Lehtimäki Terho T
Lemire M Lemire Mathieu M
Lokki ML Lokki Marja-Liisa ML
Loley C Loley Christina C
Luan J Luan Jian'an J
Mangino M Mangino Massimo M
Mateo Leach I Mateo Leach Irene I
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE
Mihailov E Mihailov Evelin E
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Navis G Navis Gerjan G
Newnham J Newnham John J
Nieminen MS Nieminen Markku S MS
Palotie A Palotie Aarno A
Panoutsopoulou K Panoutsopoulou Kalliope K
Peters A Peters Annette A
Pirastu N Pirastu Nicola N
Polasek O Polasek Ozren O
Rehnström K Rehnström Karola K
Ripatti S Ripatti Samuli S
Ritchie GR Ritchie Graham R S GR
Rivadeneira F Rivadeneira Fernando F
Robino A Robino Antonietta A
Samani NJ Samani Nilesh J NJ
Shin SY Shin So-Youn SY
Sinisalo J Sinisalo Juha J
Smit JH Smit Johannes H JH
Soranzo N Soranzo Nicole N
Stolk L Stolk Lisette L
Swinkels DW Swinkels Dorine W DW
Tanaka T Tanaka Toshiko T
Teumer A Teumer Alexander A
Tönjes A Tönjes Anke A
Traglia M Traglia Michela M
Tuomilehto J Tuomilehto Jaakko J
Valsesia A Valsesia Armand A
van Gilst WH van Gilst Wiek H WH
van Meurs JB van Meurs Joyce B J JB
Smith AV Smith Albert Vernon AV
Viikari J Viikari Jorma J
Vink JM Vink Jacqueline M JM
Waeber G Waeber Gerard G
Warrington NM Warrington Nicole M NM
Widen E Widen Elisabeth E
Willemsen G Willemsen Gonneke G
Wright AF Wright Alan F AF
Zanke BW Zanke Brent W BW
Zgaga L Zgaga Lina L
Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
Boehnke M Boehnke Michael M
d'Adamo AP d'Adamo Adamo Pio AP
de Geus E de Geus Eco E
Demerath EW Demerath Ellen W EW
den Heijer M den Heijer Martin M
Eriksson JG Eriksson Johan G JG
Ferrucci L Ferrucci Luigi L
Gieger C Gieger Christian C
Gudnason V Gudnason Vilmundur V
Hayward C Hayward Caroline C
Hengstenberg C Hengstenberg Christian C
Hudson TJ Hudson Thomas J TJ
Järvelin MR Järvelin Marjo-Riitta MR
Kogevinas M Kogevinas Manolis M
Loos RJ Loos Ruth J F RJ
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Metspalu A Metspalu Andres A
Pennell CE Pennell Craig E CE
Penninx BW Penninx Brenda W BW
Perola M Perola Markus M
Raitakari O Raitakari Olli O
Salomaa V Salomaa Veikko V
Schreiber S Schreiber Stefan S
Schunkert H Schunkert Heribert H
Spector TD Spector Tim D TD
Stumvoll M Stumvoll Michael M
Uitterlinden AG Uitterlinden André G AG
Ulivi S Ulivi Sheila S
van der Harst P van der Harst Pim P
Vollenweider P Vollenweider Peter P
Völzke H Völzke Henry H
Wareham NJ Wareham Nicholas J NJ
Wichmann HE Wichmann H-Erich HE
Wilson JF Wilson James F JF
Rudan I Rudan Igor I
Xue Y Xue Yali Y
Zeggini E Zeggini Eleftheria E
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JOURNAL
VOLUME: 21
ISSUE: 21
TITLE: Human molecular genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Hum Mol Genet
YEAR: 2012
MONTH: Nov
DAY: 01
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1460-2083
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Hum Mol Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 0964-6906
NLMUNIQUEID: 9208958
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
European Continental Ancestry Group genetics
Female genetics
Gene Frequency genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study genetics
Humans genetics
Male genetics
Models, Genetic genetics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
Sex Factors genetics
Sex Ratio genetics
Sexism genetics
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