GWAS of QRS duration identifies new loci specific to Hispanic/Latino populations.
Brenton R SwensonTin LouieHenry J LinRaúl Méndez GiráldezJennifer E BelowCathy C LaurieKathleen F KerrHeather HighlandTimothy A ThorntonKelli K RyckmanCharles KooperbergElsayed Z SolimanAmanda A SeyerleXiuqing GuoKent D TaylorJie YaoSusan R HeckbertDawood DarbarLauren E PettyBarbara McKnightSusan ChengNatalie A BelloEric A WhitselCraig L HanisMike A NallsDaniel S EvansJerome I RotterTamar SoferChristy L AveryNona SotoodehniaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Our QRS duration GWAS, the first in Hispanic/Latino populations, identified two new loci, underscoring the utility of extending large scale genomic studies to currently under-examined populations.