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Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Genetics, June 2017
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Title
Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits
Published in
Nature Genetics, June 2017
DOI 10.1038/ng.3888
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Authors

Anke R Hammerschlag, Sven Stringer, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Suzanne Sniekers, Erdogan Taskesen, Kyoko Watanabe, Tessa F Blanken, Kim Dekker, Bart H W te Lindert, Rick Wassing, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Hreinn Stefansson, Thorarinn Gislason, Klaus Berger, Barbara Schormair, Juergen Wellmann, Juliane Winkelmann, Kari Stefansson, Konrad Oexle, Eus J W Van Someren, Danielle Posthuma

Abstract

Persistent insomnia is among the most frequent complaints in general practice. To identify genetic factors for insomnia complaints, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and a genome-wide gene-based association study (GWGAS) in 113,006 individuals. We identify three loci and seven genes associated with insomnia complaints, with the associations for one locus and five genes supported by joint analysis with an independent sample (n = 7,565). Our top association (MEIS1, P < 5 × 10(-8)) has previously been implicated in restless legs syndrome (RLS). Additional analyses favor the hypothesis that MEIS1 exhibits pleiotropy for insomnia and RLS and show that the observed association with insomnia complaints cannot be explained only by the presence of an RLS subgroup within the cases. Sex-specific analyses suggest that there are different genetic architectures between the sexes in addition to shared genetic factors. We show substantial positive genetic correlation of insomnia complaints with internalizing personality traits and metabolic traits and negative correlation with subjective well-being and educational attainment. These findings provide new insight into the genetic architecture of insomnia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 <1%
Unknown 333 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 67 20%
Researcher 61 18%
Student > Master 35 10%
Student > Bachelor 25 7%
Other 16 5%
Other 55 16%
Unknown 75 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 44 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 40 12%
Neuroscience 35 10%
Psychology 35 10%
Other 35 10%
Unknown 91 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 738. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2024.
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#2
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