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Reduced cardiac vagal control reflected in low heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with greater risks for cardiac morbidity and mortality. In two-stage meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies for three HRV traits in up to 53,174 individuals of European ancestry, we detect 17 genome-wide significant SNPs in eight loci. HRV SNPs tag non-synonymous SNPs (in NDUFA11 and KIAA1755), expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) (influencing GNG11, RGS6 and NEO1), or are located in genes preferentially expressed in the sinoatrial node (GNG11, RGS6 and HCN4). Genetic risk scores account for 0.9 to 2.6% of the HRV variance. Significant genetic correlation is found for HRV with heart rate (-0.74

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1038/ncomms15805

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2017-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

8

Keywords

Blood Pressure, Cohort Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Heart Diseases, Heart Rate, Humans, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels, Muscle Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Potassium Channels, Quantitative Trait Loci, RGS Proteins, Risk Factors, White People