Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies regions on 7p21 (AHR) and 15q24 (CYP1A2) as determinants of habitual caffeine consumption.

We report the first genome-wide association study of habitual caffeine intake. We included 47,341 individuals of European descent based on five population-based studies within the United States. In a meta-analysis adjusted for age, sex, smoking, and eigenvectors of population variation, two loci ach...

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Main Authors: Marilyn C Cornelis, Keri L Monda, Kai Yu, Nina Paynter, Elizabeth M Azzato, Siiri N Bennett, Sonja I Berndt, Eric Boerwinkle, Stephen Chanock, Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Couper, Gary Curhan, Gerardo Heiss, Frank B Hu, David J Hunter, Kevin Jacobs, Majken K Jensen, Peter Kraft, Maria Teresa Landi, Jennifer A Nettleton, Mark P Purdue, Preetha Rajaraman, Eric B Rimm, Lynda M Rose, Nathaniel Rothman, Debra Silverman, Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Amy Subar, Meredith Yeager, Daniel I Chasman, Rob M van Dam, Neil E Caporaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21490707/?tool=EBI