@article {9313,
	title = {Genome-wide analyses identify  as a susceptibility locus for premature atrial contraction frequency.},
	journal = {iScience},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2022},
	month = {2022 Oct 21},
	pages = {105210},
	abstract = {<p>Premature atrial contractions (PACs) are frequently observed on electrocardiograms and are associated with increased risks of atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke, and mortality. In this study, we aimed to identify genetic susceptibility loci for PAC frequency. We performed a genome-wide association study meta-analysis with PAC frequency obtained from ambulatory cardiac monitoring in 4,831 individuals of European ancestry. We identified a genome-wide significant locus at the  gene. The lead variant, rs7373862, located in an intron of , was associated with an increase of 0.12 [95\% CI 0.08-0.16] standard deviations of the normalized PAC frequency per risk allele. Among genetic variants previously associated with AF, there was a significant enrichment in concordance of effect for PAC frequency (n~= 73/106, p~= 5.1~{\texttimes}~10). However, several AF risk loci, including , were not associated with PAC frequency. These findings suggest the existence of both shared and distinct genetic mechanisms for PAC frequency and AF.</p>},
	issn = {2589-0042},
	doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2022.105210},
	author = {Th{\'e}riault, S{\'e}bastien and Imboden, Medea and Biggs, Mary L and Austin, Thomas R and Aeschbacher, Stefanie and Schaffner, Emmanuel and Brody, Jennifer A and Bartz, Traci M and Risch, Martin and Grossmann, Kirsten and Lin, Henry J and Soliman, Elsayed Z and Post, Wendy S and Risch, Lorenz and Krieger, Jose E and Pereira, Alexandre C and Heckbert, Susan R and Sotoodehnia, Nona and Probst-Hensch, Nicole M and Conen, David}
}
