Table 1 Characteristics of patients enrolled in GWAS2 and GWAS1 by the International Cystic Fibrosis Gene Modifier Consortium.

From: Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies five modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis

    

Age (years)

     
 

Lead Institution(s)

Design

Subjects n

Mean (±s.d.)

Range

Male n (%)

European* n (%)

p.Phe508del/p.Phe508del n (%)

Pancreatic exocrine insufficient n (%)

Subjects identified by NBS n (%)

GWAS2

 French CF Gene Modifier Consortium (FrGMC)

University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Inserm U938

Population based

1,222

21.0 (9.2)

6.0–57.6

627 (51.3)

1,211 (99.1)

716 (58.6)

1,222 (100.0)

63 (5.2)

 Genetic Modifier Study (GMS)

University of North Carolina/ Case Western Reserve University

Extremes of phenotype

469

25.8 (10.9)

7.9–62.2

256 (54.6)

407 (86.8)

191 (40.7)

467 (99.6)

3 (0.01)

  

Population-based

357

20.3 (10.0)

6.6–60.2

191 (53.5)

336 (94.1)

214 (59.9)

357 (100.0)

137 (38.4)

 Canadian Consortium for Genetic Studies (CGS)

Hospital for Sick Children

Population based

285

13.0 (7.6)

6.4–40.0

150 (52.6)

268 (94.0)

189 (66.3)

282 (98.9)

0 (0.0)

 Twins and Sibs Study (TSS)

Johns Hopkins University

Family based and population based§

588

15.8 (10.3)

6.0–56.0

305 (51.9)

533 (90.6)

315 (53.6)

583 (99.1)

54 (9.2)

 

Summary GWAS2

 

2,921

19.9 (10.4)

6.0–62.2

1,529 (52.3)

2,755 (94.3)

1,625 (55.6)

2,911 (99.7)

257 (8.8)

GWAS1

 

Summary GWAS1||

 

3,444

19.2 (8.5)

6.0–56.0

1,839 (53.4)

3,324 (96.5)

2,514 (73.0)

3,444 (100.0)

84 (2.4)

GWAS1+2

 

Summary GWAS1+2

 

6,365

19.5 (9.4)

6.0–62.2

3,368 (52.9)

6,079 (95.5)

4,139 (65.0)

6,355 (99.8)

341 (5.4)

  1. GWAS, genome-wide association study; NBS, newborn screening.
  2. *On the basis of Eigenstrat principal components analysis and closeness to CEU.
  3. Includes patients enrolled into studies at Children’s Hospitals in Boston, Colorado and Wisconsin, and through UNC/CWRU; includes 3 two-sibling families.
  4. Includes 13 two-sibling families and 1 three-sibling family, plus 256 singletons.
  5. §148 two-sibling families, 4 three-sibling families, plus 280 singletons.
  6. ||Wright et al.3.