Table 2. GWAS of metabolites associated with CHD; SNPs with P-value<5×10−7 and minor allele frequency > 5% are reported.
Metabolite | Chromosome | SNP | Position (build 37) | Nearest Gene | Effect/non- effect allele | Average Allele Frequency | Meta-analysis in the three studies (N = 3,620)* | SNP Context | |
OR | P-value | ||||||||
LysoPC 18∶1 | 8 | rs75729820† | 94088655 | C8orf87 | T/C | 0.95 | 1.34 | 2.7E-08 | Intergenic |
22 | rs8141918 | 43136583 | A4GALT | A/G | 0.70 | 1.14 | 4.5E-07 | Intergenic | |
LysoPC 18∶2 | 11 | rs174568 | 61593816 | FADS2 | T/C | 0.35 | 1.15 | 8.4E-09 | NearGene-5‡ |
8 | rs2048797 | 115181070 | CSMD3 | A/T | 0.70 | 1.14 | 4.4E-07 | Intergenic | |
MG 18∶2 | 11 | rs964184 | 116648917 | ZNF259/APOA5 | G/C | 0.13 | 1.20 | 1.2E-07 | NearGene-3‡ |
SM 28∶1 | 14 | rs12878001 | 64239629 | SGPP1 | G/T | 0.15 | 1.21 | 1.2E-08 | Intergenic |
1 | rs113317091 | 32925064 | ZBTB8B | T/C | 0.13 | 1.20 | 1.9E-07 | Intergenic |
* Values are from fixed effect meta-analysis.
Significant heterogeneity across studies (I2 = 0.8).
The “Near Gene” region includes the mRNA region of the gene as well as arbitrary regions of 2K nucleotides upstream and 0.5K nucleotides downstream to allow for potential regulatory regions.