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Genome-Wide Association Study and Linkage Analysis of the Healthy Aging Index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Healthy Aging Index (HAI) is a tool for measuring the extent of health and disease across multiple systems.

Methods

We conducted a genome-wide association study and a genome-wide linkage analysis to map quantitative trait loci associated with the HAI and a modified HAI weighted for mortality risk in 3,140 individuals selected for familial longevity from the Long Life Family Study. The genome-wide association study used the Long Life Family Study as the discovery cohort and individuals from the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Framingham Heart Study as replication cohorts.

Results

There were no genome-wide significant findings from the genome-wide association study; however, several single-nucleotide polymorphisms near ZNF704 on chromosome 8q21.13 were suggestively associated with the HAI in the Long Life Family Study (p < 10(-) (6)) and nominally replicated in the Cardiovascular Health Study and Framingham Heart Study. Linkage results revealed significant evidence (log-odds score = 3.36) for a quantitative trait locus for mortality-optimized HAI in women on chromosome 9p24-p23. However, results of fine-mapping studies did not implicate any specific candidate genes within this region of interest.

Conclusions

ZNF704 may be a potential candidate gene for studies of the genetic underpinnings of longevity.

SUBMITTER: Minster RL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4506316 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome-Wide Association Study and Linkage Analysis of the Healthy Aging Index.

Minster Ryan L RL Sanders Jason L JL Singh Jatinder J Kammerer Candace M CM Barmada M Michael MM Matteini Amy M AM Zhang Qunyuan Q Wojczynski Mary K MK Daw E Warwick EW Brody Jennifer A JA Arnold Alice M AM Lunetta Kathryn L KL Murabito Joanne M JM Christensen Kaare K Perls Thomas T TT Province Michael A MA Newman Anne B AB

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 20150310 8

<h4>Background</h4>The Healthy Aging Index (HAI) is a tool for measuring the extent of health and disease across multiple systems.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a genome-wide association study and a genome-wide linkage analysis to map quantitative trait loci associated with the HAI and a modified HAI weighted for mortality risk in 3,140 individuals selected for familial longevity from the Long Life Family Study. The genome-wide association study used the Long Life Family Study as the discovery coh ...[more]

PMID: 25758594

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Genome-Wide Association Study and Linkage Analysis of the Healthy Aging Index.

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Genome-Wide Association Study and Linkage Analysis of the Healthy Aging Index.

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