We conducted meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies for atrial fibrillation (AF) in participants from five community-based cohorts. Meta-analyses of 896 prevalent (15,768 referents) and 2,517 incident (21,337 referents) AF cases identified a new locus for AF (ZFHX3, rs2106261, risk ratio RR = 1.19; P = 2.3 × 10-7). We replicated this association in an independent cohort from the German AF Network (odds ratio = 1.44; P = 1.6 × 10-11; combined RR = 1.25; combined P = 1.8 × 10-15).

doi.org/10.1038/ng.416, hdl.handle.net/1765/24581
Nature Genetics
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Benjamin, E., Rice, K., Arking, D., Pfeufer, A., van Noord, C., Smith, A. V., Schnabel, R., Bis, J., Boerwinkle, E., Sinner, M., Dehghan, A., Lubitz, S., D'Agostino, R., Lumley, T., Ehret, G., Heeringa, J., Aspelund, T., Newton-Cheh, C., Larson, M., … Witteman, J. (2009). Variants in ZFHX3 are associated with a trial fibrillation in individuals of European ancestry. Nature Genetics, 41(8), 879–881.https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.416