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Article: Evaluating the heritability explained by known susceptibility variants: A survey of ten complex diseases

TitleEvaluating the heritability explained by known susceptibility variants: A survey of ten complex diseases
Authors
KeywordsAssociation study
Genetic architecture
Liability threshold model
Variance explained
Issue Date2011
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/35841
Citation
Genetic Epidemiology, 2011, v. 35 n. 5, p. 310-317 How to Cite?
AbstractRecently, an increasing number of susceptibility variants have been identified for complex diseases. At the same time, the concern of "missing heritability" has also emerged. There is however no unified way to assess the heritability explained by individual genetic variants for binary outcomes. A systemic and quantitative assessment of the degree of "missing heritability" for complex diseases is lacking. In this study, we measure the variance in liability explained by individual variants, which can be directly interpreted as the locus-specific heritability. The method is extended to deal with haplotypes, multi-allelic markers, multi-locus genotypes, and markers in linkage disequilibrium. Methods to estimate the standard error and confidence interval are proposed. To assess our current level of understanding of the genetic basis of complex diseases, we conducted a survey of 10 diseases, evaluating the total variance explained by the known variants. The diseases under evaluation included Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, coronary artery disease, Crohn's disease, prostate cancer, schizophrenia, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. The median total variance explained across the 10 diseases was 9.81%, while the median variance explained per associated SNP was around 0.25%. Our results suggest that a substantial proportion of heritability remains unexplained for the diseases under study. Programs to implement the methodologies described in this paper are available at. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/135439
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.977
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Research Grants CouncilHKU 766906M
HKU 774707M
University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Theme of Genomics
Croucher Foundation
Funding Information:

Contract grant sponsor: Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund; Contract grant numbers: HKU 766906M; HKU 774707M; Contract grant sponsors: University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Theme of Genomics; Croucher Foundation Scholarship.

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dc.contributor.authorGui, AHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCherny, SSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSham, PCen_HK
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dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationGenetic Epidemiology, 2011, v. 35 n. 5, p. 310-317en_HK
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dc.description.abstractRecently, an increasing number of susceptibility variants have been identified for complex diseases. At the same time, the concern of "missing heritability" has also emerged. There is however no unified way to assess the heritability explained by individual genetic variants for binary outcomes. A systemic and quantitative assessment of the degree of "missing heritability" for complex diseases is lacking. In this study, we measure the variance in liability explained by individual variants, which can be directly interpreted as the locus-specific heritability. The method is extended to deal with haplotypes, multi-allelic markers, multi-locus genotypes, and markers in linkage disequilibrium. Methods to estimate the standard error and confidence interval are proposed. To assess our current level of understanding of the genetic basis of complex diseases, we conducted a survey of 10 diseases, evaluating the total variance explained by the known variants. The diseases under evaluation included Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, coronary artery disease, Crohn's disease, prostate cancer, schizophrenia, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. The median total variance explained across the 10 diseases was 9.81%, while the median variance explained per associated SNP was around 0.25%. Our results suggest that a substantial proportion of heritability remains unexplained for the diseases under study. Programs to implement the methodologies described in this paper are available at. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/35841en_HK
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dc.rightsGenetic Epidemiology. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.-
dc.subjectAssociation studyen_HK
dc.subjectGenetic architectureen_HK
dc.subjectLiability threshold modelen_HK
dc.subjectVariance explaineden_HK
dc.subject.meshGenetic Predisposition to Disease-
dc.subject.meshGenetic Variation-
dc.subject.meshGenome-Wide Association Study - statistics and numerical data-
dc.subject.meshModels, Genetic-
dc.subject.meshStatistics, Nonparametric-
dc.titleEvaluating the heritability explained by known susceptibility variants: A survey of ten complex diseasesen_HK
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