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Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium.

ABSTRACT: Extraversion is a relatively stable and heritable personality trait associated with numerous psychosocial, lifestyle and health outcomes. Despite its substantial heritability, no genetic variants have been detected in previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies, which may be due to relatively small sample sizes of those studies. Here, we report on a large meta-analysis of GWA studies for extraversion in 63,030 subjects in 29 cohorts. Extraversion item data from multiple personality inventories were harmonized across inventories and cohorts. No genome-wide significant associations were found at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) level but there was one significant hit at the gene level for a long non-coding RNA site (LOC101928162). Genome-wide complex trait analysis in two large cohorts showed that the additive variance explained by common SNPs was not significantly different from zero, but polygenic risk scores, weighted using linkage information, significantly predicted extraversion scores in an independent cohort. These results show that extraversion is a highly polygenic personality trait, with an architecture possibly different from other complex human traits, including other personality traits. Future studies are required to further determine which genetic variants, by what modes of gene action, constitute the heritable nature of extraversion.

SUBMITTER: van den Berg SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751159 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium.

van den Berg Stéphanie M SM de Moor Marleen H M MH Verweij Karin J H KJ Krueger Robert F RF Luciano Michelle M Arias Vasquez Alejandro A Matteson Lindsay K LK Derringer Jaime J Esko Tõnu T Amin Najaf N Gordon Scott D SD Hansell Narelle K NK Hart Amy B AB Seppälä Ilkka I Huffman Jennifer E JE Konte Bettina B Lahti Jari J Lee Minyoung M Miller Mike M Nutile Teresa T Tanaka Toshiko T Teumer Alexander A Viktorin Alexander A Wedenoja Juho J Abdellaoui Abdel A Abecasis Goncalo R GR Adkins Daniel E DE Agrawal Arpana A Allik Jüri J Appel Katja K Bigdeli Timothy B TB Busonero Fabio F Campbell Harry H Costa Paul T PT Smith George Davey GD Davies Gail G de Wit Harriet H Ding Jun J Engelhardt Barbara E BE Eriksson Johan G JG Fedko Iryna O IO Ferrucci Luigi L Franke Barbara B Giegling Ina I Grucza Richard R Hartmann Annette M AM Heath Andrew C AC Heinonen Kati K Henders Anjali K AK Homuth Georg G Hottenga Jouke-Jan JJ Iacono William G WG Janzing Joost J Jokela Markus M Karlsson Robert R Kemp John P JP Kirkpatrick Matthew G MG Latvala Antti A Lehtimäki Terho T Liewald David C DC Madden Pamela A F PA Magri Chiara C Magnusson Patrik K E PK Marten Jonathan J Maschio Andrea A Mbarek Hamdi H Medland Sarah E SE Mihailov Evelin E Milaneschi Yuri Y Montgomery Grant W GW Nauck Matthias M Nivard Michel G MG Ouwens Klaasjan G KG Palotie Aarno A Pettersson Erik E Polasek Ozren O Qian Yong Y Pulkki-Råback Laura L Raitakari Olli T OT Realo Anu A Rose Richard J RJ Ruggiero Daniela D Schmidt Carsten O CO Slutske Wendy S WS Sorice Rossella R Starr John M JM St Pourcain Beate B Sutin Angelina R AR Timpson Nicholas J NJ Trochet Holly H Vermeulen Sita S Vuoksimaa Eero E Widen Elisabeth E Wouda Jasper J Wright Margaret J MJ Zgaga Lina L Porteous David D Minelli Alessandra A Palmer Abraham A AA Rujescu Dan D Ciullo Marina M Hayward Caroline C Rudan Igor I Metspalu Andres A Kaprio Jaakko J Deary Ian J IJ Räikkönen Katri K Wilson James F JF Keltikangas-Järvinen Liisa L Bierut Laura J LJ Hettema John M JM Grabe Hans J HJ Penninx Brenda W J H BW van Duijn Cornelia M CM Evans David M DM Schlessinger David D Pedersen Nancy L NL Terracciano Antonio A McGue Matt M Martin Nicholas G NG Boomsma Dorret I DI

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Extraversion is a relatively stable and heritable personality trait associated with numerous psychosocial, lifestyle and health outcomes. Despite its substantial heritability, no genetic variants have been detected in previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies, which may be due to relatively small sample sizes of those studies. Here, we report on a large meta-analysis of GWA studies for extraversion in 63,030 subjects in 29 cohorts. Extraversion item data from multiple personality inventorie ...[more]

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Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium.

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