Trans-ethnic meta-analysis of white blood cell phenotypes

F. Keller, Margaux; P. Reiner, Alex; Okada, Yukinori; J.A. van Rooij, Frank; D. Johnson, Andrew; Chen, Ming‐Huei; V. Smith, Albert; P. Morris, Andrew; Tanaka, Toshihiro; Ferrucci, Luigi; B. Zonderman, Alan; Lettre, Guillaume; Harris, Tamara; Garcia, Melissa; Bandinelli, Stefania; Qayyum, Rehan; R. Yanek, Lisa; M. Becker, Diane; C. Becker, Lewis; Kooperberg, Charles; J. Keating, Brendan; P. Reis, Jared; Tang, Hua; Boerwinkle, Eric; Kamatani, Y.; Matsuda, Koichi; Kamatani, Naoyuki; Nakamura, Yusuke; Kubo, Michiaki; Liu, Simin; Dehghan, Abbas; F. Felix, Janine; Hofman, Albert; G. Uitterlinden, André; M. van Duijn, Cornelia; H. Franco, Oscar; L. Longo, Dan; B. Singleton, Andrew; M. Psaty, Bruce; K. Evans, Michele; Adrienne Cupples, L.; I. Rotter, Jerome; O’Donnell, Chris; Takahashi, Atsushi; G. Wilson, James; Ganesh, Shriienidhie; A. Nalls, Michael; the CHARGE Hematology, COGENT, and BioBank Japan Project (RIKEN) Working Groups, for

doi:10.1093/hmg/ddu401

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Trans-ethnic meta-analysis of white blood cell phenotypes

Published in Human Molecular Genetics • Aug 5, 2014

Authors:

Margaux F. Keller

Alex P. Reiner

Yukinori Okada

Abstract

White blood cell (WBC) count is a common clinical measure used as a predictor of certain aspects of human health, including immunity and infection status. WBC count is also a complex trait that varies among individuals and ancestry groups. Differences in linkage disequilibrium structure and heteroge...

Subject

Biology

Genome-wide association study

Linkage disequilibrium

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