Global Urate Genetics Consortium GWAS

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Publications

Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations.
Köttgen A, et al.
Nat Genet. 2013 Feb;45(2):145-54. doi: 10.1038/ng.2500

Dataset phenotypes

  • serum urate

Dataset subjects

Samples Cohort Ancestry
3,219 AGES Reykjavik Study European
1,139 Amish Studies European
9,049 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) European
845 Austrian Stroke Prevention Study (ASPS) European
11,520 Australian Twin-Family Study (AUSTWIN) European
521 Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) European
1,743 The BRItish Genetics of HyperTension Study (BRIGHT) European
1,713 Coronary Artery Disease Risk in Young Adults (CARDIA) European
3,252 The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) European
5,409 Cohorte Lausannoise (CoLaus) Study European
895 CROATIA-KORCULA European
490 CROATIA-SPLIT European
912 CROATIA-VIS European
716 Data from the Epidemiological Study on Insulin Resistance (DESIR) European
1,835 European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) Norfolk Study European
889 Erasmus Rucphen Family Study (ERF) European
931 Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT) European
3,837 Family Heart Study (FamHS) European
7,699 The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) European
2,069 Health 2000 European
1,205 Invecchiare in Chianti (InCHIANTI) European
940 INCIPE European
432 INGI-Carlantino European
859 INGI-CILENTO European
1,018 INGI-FVG European
1,658 INGI-Val Borbera European
1,643 KORA F3 European
1,814 KORA F4 European
769 LCB1936 European
3,343 LifeLines Cohort Study European
587 London Life Sciences Study (LOLIPOP_EW_A) European
650 London Life Sciences Study (LOLIPOP_EW_P) European
924 London Life Sciences Study (LOLIPOP_EW610) European
963 Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study (LURIC) European
1,236 MICROS European
1,731 Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) European
655 NSPHS European
888 ORCADES European
3,785 PREVEND European
3,742 PROCARDIS European
4,274 RS-I European
2,123 RS-II European
4,694 SardiNIA Study European
4,067 Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) European
1,105 SOCCS European
896 Sorbs European
3,640 TwinsUK European
2,023 Young Finns Study European

Experiment summary

This meta-analysis by the Global Urate Genetics Consortium (GUGC) determined associations with serum urate concentrations across 48 genome-wide association studies for 110,347 individuals of European ancestry. Elevated serum urate concentrations are linked to the risk of gout. Loci associated with decreased serum urate concentrations cluster with other loci associated with liver function and lipid metabolism to potentially identify biochemical pathways involved in a sub-type of type 2 diabetes, as described in:

Type 2 diabetes genetic loci informed by multi-trait associations point to disease mechanisms and subtypes: A soft clustering analysis.
Udler MS, et al.
PLoS Med. 2018 Sep 21;15(9):e1002654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002654

Dataset ID
GWAS_GUGC_eu