SUMMARY: Novel method for multivariate traits identifies 304 genetic variants associated with well-being.
OVERVIEW: Our well-being is a multivariate trait typically characterized by high life-satisfaction, positive affect, and absence of neuroticism as well as depressive symptoms. Determining genetic predispositions to our well-being can be difficult since a complex array of genetic variants contribute. Using a novel method, this study analyzed the genomes of 160,000 individuals of European ancestry to discover 304 variants associated with well-being. Some of these identified variants are near genes that are highly expressed in brain tissue, specifically in the hippocampus region that plays an important role in regulating memory, learning, and emotion. Also, this novel method increased the number of identified genetic variants associated with well-being by 26%!
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WELL-BEING-ASSOCIATED VARIANTS: rs4938021, rs483143, rs13213152, rs13212562, rs597462, rs8084280, rs11082011, rs7010590, rs2233980, rs13195401, rs2302832, rs433061, rs10491952, rs17702602, rs16903285, rs7832708, rs10774909, rs12967143, rs171697, rs11599236, rs716508, rs55748329, rs11214441, rs3734572, rs2179744, rs2921036, rs2149351, rs28427480, rs4543289, rs782207, rs3785234, rs7107356, rs2458167, rs4671459, rs1806153, rs115648484, rs2102341, rs3764512, rs4841662, rs61687445, rs11693031, rs1360692, rs11604333, rs12962538, rs10244364, rs3793577, rs3783007, rs2105841, rs7805419, rs2276825, rs11214596, rs13198298, rs619466, rs301806, rs10487459, rs1431071, rs261909, rs2093623, rs60045856, rs6601426, rs11610143, rs2678897, rs11644362, rs942866, rs1493914, rs6131010, rs10812851, rs6925748, rs35609938, rs6943746, rs9564496, rs7841297, rs215815, rs12552533, rs910187, rs2398144, rs2273653, rs210914, rs6776145, rs72808287, rs11633354, rs4955417, rs12125942, rs72694263, rs6705939, rs1371325, rs827123, rs2721811, rs7989827, rs12817055, rs7243332, rs4654874, rs164640, rs6721577, rs7422667, rs2744228, rs4554778, rs703410, rs59211589, rs2051293, rs11068917, rs166418, rs247911, rs1187257, rs12794371, rs9957512, rs8001600, rs77648771, rs9380700, rs9298995, rs297346, rs7523829, rs12436091, rs1484680, rs4461738, rs10879715, rs10913160, rs61905363, rs651245, rs308805, rs7789405, rs4886920, rs2715147, rs17150537, rs9967747, rs4581549, rs17041417, rs12374076, rs815710, rs61867341, rs769688, rs4836189, rs17622606, rs1019706, rs3811935, rs6019826, rs60157091, rs34517207, rs204883, rs6773869, rs198457, rs3134012, rs17583539, rs1964390, rs7200826, rs111871194, rs7191427, rs2589341, rs9601120, rs13409834, rs10967509, rs66511648, rs9592461, rs10746509, rs78324365, rs10936879, rs11876796, rs115091345, rs9332801, rs4914930, rs35722835, rs4652676, rs7396827, rs4712936, rs11605020, rs1147478, rs7021901, rs10838629, rs1329572, rs12910872, rs41316748, rs1563245, rs17049478, rs977747, rs17186681, rs7819525, rs285006, rs62041356, rs7154329, rs1510386, rs10485622, rs9546806, rs17570807, rs74504435, rs4409766, rs16958292, rs779995, rs72932350, rs10168771, rs1191600, rs1919159, rs12458596, rs1983949, rs1551840, rs12513440, rs77414181, rs13262595, rs1950835, rs73190080, rs71384258, rs34945223, rs4968736, rs117599630, rs310763, rs3846828, rs6433563, rs6771469, rs28680958, rs35258156, rs4271063, rs306755, rs10061069, rs79367487, rs5754712, rs6535577, rs655836, rs4757136, rs77129413, rs12517438, rs9883788, rs7633673, rs314262, rs2876520, rs1892350, rs2042395, rs2469903, rs4739938, rs6931902, rs1016306, rs12910903, rs1072880
WEEKLY UPDATE: November 2, 2019