Peer-reviewed research
A genome-wide association analysis identifies 16 novel susceptibility loci for carpal tunnel syndrome
Akira Wiberg and et al., Nature Communications, 2019 · DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-08993-6
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- What it is
- A genetic association study of 12,312 people with carpal tunnel syndrome and 389,344 controls in UK Biobank, which looked for regions of the genome linked to the condition.
- How much weight it carries
- Very large sample and peer-reviewed. Genetic association shows that inherited variants contribute to risk, but each variant has a small effect and the study does not show how much of any one person's risk is inherited.
Facts taken from this source
- A genome-wide study of 12,312 people with carpal tunnel syndrome and 389,344 controls found 16 genetic regions linked to the condition.
“using 12,312 CTS cases and 389,344 controls identified in UK Biobank. We discover 16 susceptibility loci for CTS” (Abstract)