Table 1 Samples included in the different genome-wide association meta-analyses or the replication and validation

From: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

Study

Ancestry

90th percentile cases

99th percentile cases

All controls

Dead controls

Discovery

 100-plus/LASA/ADC

European

373

301

2271

245

 AGES

European

300

 

1001

466

 CEPHa

European

1234

1112

831

 

 CHS

European

905

68

558

539

 DKLSa

European

960

610

1917

 

 FHS

European

332

 

1444

539

 GEHA Danisha

European

451

127

900

 

 GEHA French

European

271

81

358

 

 GEHA Italy

European

182

 

184

 

 HRS

European

361

 

3312

657

 LLFS

European

1110

339

552

82

 LLS + GEHA Dutch

European

1037

377

712

 

 Longevity

European

548

271

584

 

 MrOS

European

1171

82

386

320

 Newcastle 85 + a

European

215

 

5159

 

 RS

European

774

79

2965

1731

 SOF

European

812

37

354

300

 Vitality 90 + a

European

226

 

1995

 

 Total

 

11,262

3484

25,483

4879

Replication

 DKLSIIa

European

944

298

772

 

 GLS

European

1613

1613

4215

 

 Total

 

2557

1911

4987

 

Validation

 UK Biobank

European

19,742

928

19,698

 

Trans-ethnic

 CLHLS

East Asian

2178

2178

2299

 

 CHS

African American

177

 

211

 

 Total

 

13,617

5662

27,993

 
  1. 100-plus 100-plus Study, LASA Longitudinal aging study of Amsterdam, ADC Amsterdam dementia cohort, AGES Age/Gene Environment Susceptibility Study, CEPH CEPH centenarian cohort, CHS Cardiovascular Health Study, DKLS Danish longevity study, FHS Framingham Heart Study, GEHA Genetics of Healthy Aging Study, HRS Health and Retirement Study, LLFS Long Life Family Study, LLS Leiden Longevity Study, Longevity Longevity Gene Project, MrOS Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study, Newcastle 85 +  Newcastle 85 + Study, RS Rotterdam study, SOF Study of Osteoporotic Fracture, Vitality 90 +  Vitality 90 + project, GLS German longevity study, CLHLS Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey
  2. aFor these studies, controls were provided by a separate cohort. Further details of the cohorts are provided in Supplementary Data 4