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Table 1 Top six genetic variants (3q26.2) in the meta-analysis results of genome-wide association studies on newborn telomere length and maternal telomere length

From: Variability in newborn telomere length is explained by inheritance and intrauterine environment

SNP

Chr:position#

Allele R/E

Gene

Newborn telomere length (N = 950)

Maternal telomere length (N = 892)

Meta-analysis

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

Phet

I2

rs10936600

3:169514585

A/T*

LRRC34a

− 0.20 (0.05)

2.35E−05

− 0.16 (0.05)

6.79E−04

− 0.18 (0.03)

5.95E−08

0.58

0

rs13069553

3:169508272

A/G

Intergenicb

− 0.20 (0.05)

1.57E−05

− 0.16 (0.05)

9.54E−04

− 0.18 (0.03)

6.00E−08

0.50

0

rs7621631

3:169512145

C/A

LRRC34c

− 0.20 (0.05)

2.00E−05

− 0.16 (0.05)

8.30E−04

− 0.18 (0.03)

6.35E−08

0.54

0

rs1317082

3:169497585

A/G

MYNNd

− 0.20 (0.05)

1.76E−05

− 0.16 (0.05)

9.69E−04

− 0.18 (0.03)

6.79E−08

0.50

0

rs10936599

3:169492101

G/A

MYNNe

− 0.19 (0.05)

3.93E−05

− 0.16 (0.05)

9.15E−04

− 0.18 (0.03)

1.32E−07

0.59

0

rs12638862

3:169477506

G/A

Intergenicf

0.16 (0.05)

5.86E−04

0.15 (0.05)

1.18E−03

0.16 (0.03)

2.14E−06

0.91

0

  1. Phet > 0.1 and I2 = 0 showed no observed heterogeneity
  2. R/E reference/effect allele, β (SE) effect size (standard error)
  3. #hg19 genome build
  4. *Forward strand
  5. aMissense L286I
  6. b767 bp downstream of MYNN
  7. cIntron variant, 3′ UTR variant
  8. dIntron variant
  9. eSynonymous codon
  10. f4891 bp downstream of TERC