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Meta-analysis of Icelandic and UK data sets identifies missense variants in SMO, IL11, COL11A1 and 13 more new loci associated with osteoarthritis

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Osteoarthritis has a highly negative impact on quality of life because of the associated pain and loss of joint function. Here we describe the largest meta-analysis so far of osteoarthritis of the hip and the knee in samples from Iceland and the UK Biobank (including 17,151 hip osteoarthritis patients, 23,877 knee osteoarthritis patients, and more than 562,000 controls). We found 23 independent associations at 22 loci in the additive meta-analyses, of which 16 of the loci were novel: 12 for hip and 4 for knee osteoarthritis. Two associations are between rare or low-frequency missense variants and hip osteoarthritis, affecting the genes SMO (rs143083812, frequency 0.11%, odds ratio (OR) = 2.8, P = 7.9 × 10−12, p.Arg173Cys) and IL11 (rs4252548, frequency 2.08%, OR = 1.30, P = 2.1 × 10−11, p.Arg112His). A common missense variant in the COL11A1 gene also associates with hip osteoarthritis (rs3753841, frequency 61%, P = 5.2 × 10–10, OR = 1.08, p.Pro1284Leu). In addition, using a recessive model, we confirm an association between hip osteoarthritis and a variant of CHADL1 (rs117018441, P = 1.8 × 10−25, OR = 5.9). Furthermore, we observe a complex relationship between height and risk of osteoarthritis.

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Fig. 1: Manhattan plots showing genome-wide association results from our meta-analysis of hip and knee osteoarthritis.
Fig. 2: Correlation between odds ratios of hip and knee osteoarthritis risk variants and effects on height and BMI.

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The Icelandic population whole-genome sequencing data have been deposited at the European Variant Archive under accession code PRJEB15197. The authors declare that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article, its supplementary files, and upon reasonable request.

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    Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Sigrun H. Lund, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Florian Zink, Olafur A. Stefansson, Jon K. Sigurdsson, Kristinn Juliusson, Kristbjörg Bjarnadottir, Stefan Jonsson, Kristjan Norland, Lilja Stefansdottir, Asgeir Sigurdsson, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Asmundur Oddsson, Gyda Bjornsdottir, Reynir L. Gudmundsson, Gisli H. Halldorsson, Thorunn Rafnar, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Gudmundur L. Norddahl, Gisli Masson, Patrick Sulem, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir & Kari Stefansson

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    Sigrun H. Lund, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Helgi Jonsson, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir & Kari Stefansson

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    Thorvaldur Ingvarsson

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U.S., U.T., G.T., and K.S. designed the study and interpreted the results. S.H.L., G.T., F.Z., J.K.S., K.J., K.N., G.S., A.O., A.S., L.S., G.M., D.F.G., and U.S. coordinated or performed statistical and bioinformatics analyses. R.L.G. and G.H. analysed the RNA expression data. O.A.S. performed analyses of regulatory regions. E.S., G.L.N., K.B., and S.S. coordinated and performed experiments. S.J. performed X-ray structure analysis. H.J., T.I., T.R., I.J., G.T., G.B., and U.S. managed phenotype data on the Icelandic subjects. U.S. and G.T. managed phenotype data for the UK Biobank dataset. F.Z., G.T., and G.M. coordinated association analyses of the UK Biobank dataset. U.S., U.T., P.S., D.F.G., and K.S. drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to the final version of the manuscript.

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Styrkarsdottir, U., Lund, S.H., Thorleifsson, G. et al. Meta-analysis of Icelandic and UK data sets identifies missense variants in SMO, IL11, COL11A1 and 13 more new loci associated with osteoarthritis. Nat Genet 50, 1681–1687 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0247-0

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