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. 2019 Jan 18;10:333. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08219-1

Table. 1.

Relationship between PS and birth location within UK Biobank

P value for association between PS and geographical term
Axis Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
P (5.0e−08) BMI (GIANT)
N/S 9.7e−7 9.9e−7 0.063 0.40 0.0013 0.0012 0.0032 0.58
E/W 0.0036 0.0035 0.24 0.93 0.053 0.054 0.032 0.47
EA (SSGAC)
N/S 2e−16 <2e−16 6.4e−6 6.7e−6 <2e−16 <2e−16 1.3e−9 1.6e-6
E/W <2e−16 <2e−16 1.5e−9 6.0e−11 <2e−16 <2e−16 7.5e−14 1.3e-11
Height (GIANT)
N/S <2e−16 <2e−16 1.3e−5 0.14 <2e−16 <2e−16 4.6e−06 0.13
E/W <2e−16 <2e−16 2.1e−4 0.095 <2e−16 <2e−16 3.4e−05 0.046
P (1.0e−05) BMI (GIANT)
N/S 2.4e−9 2.5e−09 0.023 0.019 2.4e−10 2.6e−10 0.0029 0.074
E/W 1.4e−13 1.7e−13 0.134 0.34 <2e−16 <2e−16 0.020 0.14
EA (SSGAC)
N/S <2e−16 <2e−16 <2e−16 <2e−16 7.6e−11 8.5e−11 0.012 0.16
E/W <2e−16 <2e−16 <2e−16 <2e−16 9.7e−12 8.9e−12 0.0021 0.041
Height (GIANT)
N/S <2e−16 <2e−16 5.9e−5 0.16 <2e−16 <2e−16 2.5e−4 0.17
E/W <2e−16 <2e−16 1.4e−4 0.051 <2e−16 <2e−16 7.2e−5 0.014
Weighted PS Unweighted PS

P value for non-linear association between component of birth location and polygenic score. For all models n = 321,439. Statistical adjustment was performed as follows: model 1: no adjustment; model 2: adjustment for genotyping array only; model 3: adjustment for genotyping array, 10 PCs and study participation centre; model 4: adjustment for genotyping array, 40 PCs and study participation centre

N/S  north/south axis of birth location, E/W   east/west axis of birth location, PS polygenic scores, BMI body mass index, GIANT Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits, EA educational attainment, SSGAC Social Science Genetic Association Consortium