Genotyping was performed by each participating study using
genotyping arrays from either Illumina (San Diego, CA, USA) or Affymetrix (Santa Clara, CA, USA). Each study conducted imputation using various software. The cosmopolitan reference panel from the 1000 Genomes Project Phase I Integrated Release Version 3 Haplotypes (2010–11 data freeze, 2012–03-14 haplotypes) was specified for imputation and used by most studies, with some using the HapMap Phase II reference panel instead. Only variants on the autosome and with MAF of at least 0.01 were considered. Specific details of each participating study’s genotyping platform and imputation software are described (
Supplementary Tables 3 and 6). Genotype was coded as the dosage of the imputed genetic variant, coded additively (0,1,2).
Bentley A.R., Sung Y.J., Brown M.R., Winkler T.W., Kraja A.T., Ntalla I., Schwander K., Chasman D.I., Lim E., Deng X., Guo X., Liu J., Lu Y., Cheng C.Y., Sim X., Vojinovic D., Huffman J.E., Musani S.K., Li C., Feitosa M.F., Richard M.A., Noordam R., Baker J., Chen G., Aschard H., Bartz T.M., Ding J., Dorajoo R., Manning A.K., Rankinen T., Smith A.V., Tajuddin S.M., Zhao W., Graff M., Alver M., Boissel M., Chai J.F., Chen X., Divers J., Evangelou E., Gao C., Goel A., Hagemeijer Y., Harris S.E., Hartwig F.P., He M., Horimoto A.R., Hsu F.C., Hung Y.J., Jackson A.U., Kasturiratne A., Komulainen P., Kühnel B., Leander K., Lin K.H., Luan J., Lyytikäinen L.P., Matoba N., Nolte I.M., Pietzner M., Prins B., Riaz M., Robino A., Said M.A., Schupf N., Scott R.A., Sofer T., Stančáková A., Takeuchi F., Tayo B.O., van der Most P.J., Varga T.V., Wang T.D., Wang Y., Ware E.B., Wen W., Xiang Y.B., Yanek L.R., Zhang W., Zhao J.H., Adeyemo A., Afaq S., Amin N., Amini M., Arking D.E., Arzumanyan Z., Aung T., Ballantyne C., Barr R.G., Bielak L.F., Boerwinkle E., Bottinger E.P., Broeckel U., Brown M., Cade B.E., Campbell A., Canouil M., Charumathi S., Chen Y.D., Christensen K., Concas M.P., Connell J.M., de las Fuentes L., de Silva H.J., de Vries P.S., Doumatey A., Duan Q., Eaton C.B., Eppinga R.N., Faul J.D., Floyd J.S., Forouhi N.G., Forrester T., Friedlander Y., Gandin I., Gao H., Ghanbari M., Gharib S.A., Gigante B., Giulianini F., Grabe H.J., Gu C.C., Harris T.B., Heikkinen S., Heng C.K., Hirata M., Hixson J.E., Ikram M.A., Consortium E.I., Jia Y., Joehanes R., Johnson C., Jonas J.B., Justice A.E., Katsuya T., Khor C.C., Kilpeläinen T.O., Koh W.P., Kolcic I., Kooperberg C., Krieger J.E., Kritchevsky S.B., Kubo M., Kuusisto J., Lakka T.A., Langefeld C.D., Langenberg C., Launer L.J., Lehne B., Lewis C.E., Li Y., Liang J., Lin S., Liu C.T., Liu J., Liu K., Loh M., Lohman K.K., Louie T., Luzzi A., Mägi R., Mahajan A., Manichaikul A.W., McKenzie C.A., Meitinger T., Metspalu A., Milaneschi Y., Milani L., Mohlke K.L., Momozawa Y., Morris A.P., Murray A.D., Nalls M.A., Nauck M., Nelson C.P., North K.E., O'Connell J.R., Palmer N.D., Papanicolau G.J., Pedersen N.L., Peters A., Peyser P.A., Polasek O., Poulter N., Raitakari O.T., Reiner A.P., Renström F., Rice T.K., Rich S.S., Robinson J.G., Rose L.M., Rosendaal F.R., Rudan I., Schmidt C.O., Schreiner P.J., Scott W.R., Sever P., Shi Y., Sidney S., Sims M., Smith J.A., Snieder H., Starr J.M., Strauch K., Stringham H.M., Tan N.Y., Tang H., Taylor K.D., Teo Y.Y., Tham Y.C., Tiemeier H., Turner S.T., Uitterlinden A.G., van Heemst D., Waldenberger M., Wang H., Wang L., Wang L., Wei W.B., Williams C.A., Wilson G S.r., Wojczynski M.K., Yao J., Young K., Yu C., Yuan J.M., Zhou J., Zonderman A.B., Becker D.M., Boehnke M., Bowden D.W., Chambers J.C., Cooper R.S., de Faire U., Deary I.J., Elliott P., Esko T., Farrall M., Franks P.W., Freedman B.I., Froguel P., Gasparini P., Gieger C., Horta B.L., Juang J.M., Kamatani Y., Kammerer C.M., Kato N., Kooner J.S., Laakso M., Laurie C.C., Lee I.T., Lehtimäki T., Magnusson P.K., Oldehinkel A.J., Penninx B.W., Pereira A.C., Rauramaa R., Redline S., Samani N.J., Scott J., Shu X.O., van der Harst P., Wagenknecht L.E., Wang J.S., Wang Y.X., Wareham N.J., Watkins H., Weir D.R., Wickremasinghe A.R., Wu T., Zeggini E., Zheng W., Bouchard C., Evans M.K., Gudnason V., Kardia S.L., Liu Y., Psaty B.M., Ridker P.M., van Dam R.M., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Fornage M., Province M.A., Kelly T.N., Fox E.R., Hayward C., van Duijn C.M., Tai E.S., Wong T.Y., Loos R.J., Franceschini N., Rotter J.I., Zhu X., Bierut L.J., Gauderman W.J., Rice K., Munroe P.B., Morrison A.C., Rao D.C., Rotimi C.N, & Cupples L.A. (2019). Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids. Nature genetics, 51(4), 636-648.