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Chr15 54.5M-55.5M

Methodology

To narrow the DecodeME1 GWAS-1 signal, I fine-mapped the hit on chromosome 15 using SUSIE2. The parameters of my SUSIE runs were the same as for the chromosome 1 locus.

Results

Each of the 4 SUSIE runs produced a single credible set containing identical variants, as illustrated by the following UpSet plot:

ch15upsetplot

Here is a plot of the SUSIE results for the \(L=10\) case. It is representative of the other runs.

CH15_susie_results

Compare to the other loci, the SUSIE credible set at this locus is relatively concentrated on a single variant: a G \(\to\) A substitution at GRCh37 position 55158922 on chromosome 15.

The detailed results for the \(L=10\) run are below.

Variant List (L=10)
cs CHR POS EA NEA alpha mu PIP
L1 15 55158922 G A 0.194239 0.022945 0.194239
L1 15 55156405 G T 0.0154931 0.0210618 0.0154931
L1 15 55156404 C T 0.0135511 0.0209574 0.0135511
L1 15 55159801 G A 0.00887744 -0.020624 0.00887744
L1 15 55159342 C T 0.00869299 0.0206073 0.00869299
L1 15 55159715 A G 0.00865026 0.0206034 0.00865026
L1 15 55160462 T C 0.00863258 -0.0206018 0.00863258
L1 15 55155938 AT A 0.00843442 -0.0205833 0.00843442
L1 15 55159757 G A 0.00842407 0.0205823 0.00842407
L1 15 55159554 A G 0.00833134 0.0205735 0.00833134
L1 15 55159908 G C 0.00817564 0.0205585 0.00817564
L1 15 55159130 T G 0.00777701 0.0205186 0.00777701
L1 15 55160802 G A 0.00777479 0.0205184 0.00777479
L1 15 55159862 C A 0.00776098 0.0205169 0.00776098
L1 15 55151145 G A 0.00763584 0.020504 0.00763584
L1 15 55160634 G C 0.00750143 -0.0204898 0.00750143
L1 15 55150810 T A 0.00749837 0.0204894 0.00749837
L1 15 55160787 G A 0.00747256 0.0204867 0.00747256
L1 15 55162470 A T 0.00741571 0.0204806 0.00741571
L1 15 55150181 A G 0.00739617 -0.0204785 0.00739617
L1 15 55158509 G C 0.00729678 0.0204676 0.00729678
L1 15 55160980 G A 0.00719136 0.020456 0.00719136
L1 15 55154962 C A 0.00714397 0.0204507 0.00714397
L1 15 55152971 A C 0.00713734 0.0204499 0.00713734
L1 15 55156363 T C 0.00703595 0.0204385 0.00703595
L1 15 55150505 G C 0.00699785 -0.0204341 0.00699785
L1 15 55154631 C CA 0.0069904 -0.0204333 0.0069904
L1 15 55150921 T A 0.00688969 0.0204216 0.00688969
L1 15 55150420 T C 0.00688722 -0.0204213 0.00688722
L1 15 55158137 A G 0.00686915 0.0204192 0.00686915
L1 15 55160781 C T 0.00683767 0.0204155 0.00683767
L1 15 55161542 G A 0.00681783 0.0204132 0.00681783
L1 15 55150740 A AG 0.00675653 -0.020406 0.00675653
L1 15 55150236 C T 0.00673402 -0.0204033 0.00673402
L1 15 55150220 G A 0.00673402 -0.0204033 0.00673402
L1 15 55155773 T A 0.00672354 -0.020402 0.00672354
L1 15 55150483 T A 0.00671521 -0.020401 0.00671521
L1 15 55150469 T C 0.00671521 -0.020401 0.00671521
L1 15 55150258 C T 0.00667991 -0.0203968 0.00667991
L1 15 55156322 G C 0.00667471 0.0203962 0.00667471
L1 15 55150596 G A 0.00660857 -0.0203882 0.00660857
L1 15 55149993 T C 0.00657418 -0.020384 0.00657418
L1 15 55150322 A C 0.00656919 0.0203834 0.00656919
L1 15 55157158 C T 0.00656767 0.0203832 0.00656767
L1 15 55141309 A G 0.00648876 -0.0203735 0.00648876
L1 15 55155165 T C 0.00641002 -0.0203636 0.00641002
L1 15 55155416 G A 0.00639977 -0.0203623 0.00639977
L1 15 55156382 T TTTGA 0.00639849 0.0203622 0.00639849
L1 15 55155884 G A 0.0063085 -0.0203508 0.0063085
L1 15 55154548 T C 0.00630743 -0.0203506 0.00630743
L1 15 55163453 A T 0.00630585 0.0203504 0.00630585
L1 15 55163164 A G 0.00623856 0.0203418 0.00623856
L1 15 55153845 A T 0.00621276 -0.0203385 0.00621276
L1 15 55140913 C T 0.00620837 0.0203379 0.00620837
L1 15 55156259 T C 0.00620357 0.0203373 0.00620357
L1 15 55153804 A G 0.00615213 -0.0203306 0.00615213
L1 15 55142936 G A 0.00614562 -0.0203297 0.00614562
L1 15 55155311 A G 0.00613643 -0.0203285 0.00613643
L1 15 55154217 A G 0.00612682 -0.0203272 0.00612682
L1 15 55158666 C G 0.00612348 0.0203268 0.00612348
L1 15 55153408 T C 0.00610903 0.0203249 0.00610903
L1 15 55152773 A G 0.00604668 -0.0203166 0.00604668
L1 15 55142784 T C 0.00600083 -0.0203105 0.00600083
L1 15 55153652 G A 0.00599989 0.0203104 0.00599989
L1 15 55141109 C G 0.00594218 0.0203026 0.00594218
L1 15 55155203 C T 0.00590906 0.020298 0.00590906
L1 15 55155588 G A 0.00585259 -0.0202903 0.00585259
L1 15 55155488 G A 0.00584117 0.0202887 0.00584117
L1 15 55155705 A G 0.00578881 -0.0202814 0.00578881
L1 15 55141411 G C 0.00572153 -0.020272 0.00572153
L1 15 55155621 C A 0.00566069 -0.0202633 0.00566069
L1 15 55142751 C A 0.00561426 -0.0202567 0.00561426
L1 15 55164204 T C 0.00557786 0.0202514 0.00557786
L1 15 55179674 T A 0.00552171 0.0202432 0.00552171
L1 15 55142885 T A 0.00539448 -0.0202244 0.00539448
L1 15 55157598 C A 0.00530939 0.0202115 0.00530939
L1 15 55139964 G A 0.00524553 -0.0202017 0.00524553
L1 15 55139771 C CA 0.0050837 -0.0201762 0.0050837
L1 15 55142175 T C 0.00505264 -0.0201712 0.00505264
L1 15 55142417 C CA 0.00504953 -0.0201707 0.00504953
L1 15 55161311 A G 0.00488197 0.0201433 0.00488197
L1 15 55139544 A C 0.00488022 -0.020143 0.00488022
L1 15 55142359 T C 0.00487064 -0.0201414 0.00487064
L1 15 55142285 G A 0.00484012 -0.0201363 0.00484012
L1 15 55169774 A T 0.00479019 0.0201279 0.00479019
L1 15 55139224 A G 0.00471216 -0.0201145 0.00471216
L1 15 55139290 C G 0.00470535 -0.0201133 0.00470535
L1 15 55152652 A G 0.00461872 0.0200982 0.00461872
L1 15 55139155 G A 0.00451411 -0.0200795 0.00451411
L1 15 55163547 A G 0.00450927 -0.0200786 0.00450927
L1 15 55170143 T C 0.00450508 -0.0200778 0.00450508
L1 15 55140017 G A 0.0044235 -0.0200629 0.0044235
L1 15 55165540 T C 0.00427123 -0.0200343 0.00427123
L1 15 55139377 T A 0.00425802 -0.0200318 0.00425802
L1 15 55170256 A G 0.00425796 -0.0200317 0.00425796
L1 15 55184544 G A 0.00424669 0.0200296 0.00424669
L1 15 55139200 G C 0.00422039 -0.0200245 0.00422039
L1 15 55139422 G A 0.00421633 -0.0200237 0.00421633
L1 15 55139887 T C 0.00391255 -0.0199624 0.00391255
L1 15 55170268 C T 0.00390411 0.0199607 0.00390411
L1 15 55165718 C G 0.00374692 -0.0199269 0.00374692
L1 15 55167006 C T 0.00361574 0.0198976 0.00361574
L1 15 55171011 C T 0.00358585 0.0198907 0.00358585
L1 15 55165263 G C 0.00352309 0.0198762 0.00352309
L1 15 55165574 A C 0.00346833 -0.0198632 0.00346833
L1 15 55177426 A G 0.00311969 0.0197757 0.00311969
L1 15 55144960 T C 0.00275204 -0.0196715 0.00275204
L1 15 55150442 C T 0.00270635 -0.0196575 0.00270635
L1 15 55144812 C T 0.00266382 -0.0196443 0.00266382
L1 15 55146363 A C 0.00266234 -0.0196439 0.00266234
L1 15 55146375 T A 0.00266234 -0.0196439 0.00266234
L1 15 55148502 C A 0.00257041 -0.0196145 0.00257041
L1 15 55144024 T C 0.00255165 -0.0196084 0.00255165
L1 15 55149334 C G 0.00251331 -0.0195957 0.00251331
L1 15 55148611 A G 0.00248078 -0.0195849 0.00248078
L1 15 55146427 T C 0.00246719 0.0195803 0.00246719
L1 15 55146437 C T 0.00246719 0.0195803 0.00246719
L1 15 55146428 A AT 0.00246719 0.0195803 0.00246719
L1 15 55146430 C G 0.00246719 0.0195803 0.00246719
L1 15 55146419 A G 0.00246711 0.0195802 0.00246711
L1 15 55146422 A G 0.00246711 0.0195802 0.00246711
L1 15 55149475 A G 0.00246539 -0.0195796 0.00246539
L1 15 55144410 A T 0.00246278 -0.0195788 0.00246278
L1 15 55148803 G A 0.00244612 -0.0195731 0.00244612
L1 15 55156790 A C 0.0024296 0.0195674 0.0024296
L1 15 55149391 C T 0.00241855 -0.0195636 0.00241855
L1 15 55146402 T A 0.00241219 -0.0195614 0.00241219
L1 15 55143693 C T 0.00240553 -0.0195591 0.00240553
L1 15 55147758 G A 0.00239269 -0.0195546 0.00239269
L1 15 55148142 A C 0.00236545 -0.019545 0.00236545
L1 15 55144342 A G 0.00236339 -0.0195443 0.00236339
L1 15 55149415 C T 0.00235917 -0.0195428 0.00235917
L1 15 55144927 A G 0.00235142 -0.01954 0.00235142
L1 15 55148017 C T 0.00234663 -0.0195383 0.00234663
L1 15 55145552 C CA 0.00234551 -0.0195379 0.00234551
L1 15 55148332 G A 0.00232851 -0.0195318 0.00232851
L1 15 55149268 G C 0.00231774 -0.0195279 0.00231774
L1 15 55143433 G A 0.00231069 -0.0195253 0.00231069
L1 15 55146202 A G 0.0023089 -0.0195247 0.0023089
L1 15 55144589 C T 0.00230817 -0.0195244 0.00230817
L1 15 55144447 A T 0.00230358 -0.0195227 0.00230358
L1 15 55143681 C T 0.00226321 -0.0195079 0.00226321
L1 15 55143755 T C 0.00225717 -0.0195057 0.00225717
L1 15 55143666 G A 0.00225665 -0.0195055 0.00225665
L1 15 55142858 A C 0.00224818 -0.0195023 0.00224818
L1 15 55144666 G A 0.00224718 -0.0195019 0.00224718
L1 15 55149211 T C 0.00223003 -0.0194955 0.00223003
L1 15 55144181 G C 0.00222661 -0.0194942 0.00222661
L1 15 55143399 C G 0.00221813 -0.019491 0.00221813

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