A genome-wide association study finds genetic variants associated with neck or shoulder pain in UK Biobank

• Published in: Human molecular genetics Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 1396 - 1404
• Main Authors: Meng, Weihua, Chan, Brian W, Harris, Cameron, Freidin, Maxim B, Hebert, Harry L, Adams, Mark J, Campbell, Archie, Hayward, Caroline, Zheng, Hua, Zhang, Xianwei, Colvin, Lesley A, Hales, Tim G, Palmer, Colin N A, Williams, Frances M K, McIntosh, Andrew, Smith, Blair H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 28.05.2020
• Subjects: Biological Specimen Banks; Female; Forkhead Transcription Factors - genetics; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neck Pain - epidemiology; Neck Pain - genetics; Neck Pain - pathology; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics; RNA, Long Noncoding - genetics; Shoulder Pain - epidemiology; Shoulder Pain - genetics; Shoulder Pain - pathology; United Kingdom - epidemiology; White People - genetics; United Kingdom

Abstract Background Common types of musculoskeletal conditions include pain in the neck and shoulder areas. This study seeks to identify the genetic variants associated with neck or shoulder pain based on a genome-wide association approach using 203 309 subjects from the UK Biobank cohort and look f...