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Schormair, Barbara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-5243; Zhao, Chen; Bell, Steven ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-3149; Didriksen, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-496X; Nawaz, Muhammad S.; Schandra, Nathalie; Stefani, Ambra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-8824; Högl, Birgit; Dauvilliers, Yves; Bachmann, Cornelius G.; Kemlink, David; Sonka, Karel; Paulus, Walter; Trenkwalder, Claudia; Oertel, Wolfgang H.; Hornyak, Magdolna; Teder-Laving, Maris; Metspalu, Andres; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-4273; Polo, Olli; Fietze, Ingo; Ross, Owen A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4813-756X; Wszolek, Zbigniew K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5487-1053; Ibrahim, Abubaker; Bergmann, Melanie; Kittke, Volker ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-1388; Harrer, Philip; Dowsett, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-2633; Chenini, Sofiene; Ostrowski, Sisse Rye ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5288-3851; Sørensen, Erik; Erikstrup, Christian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-6647; Pedersen, Ole B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-5976; Topholm Bruun, Mie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8819-5388; Nielsen, Kaspar R.; Butterworth, Adam S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9015; Soranzo, Nicole ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1095-3852; Ouwehand, Willem H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-1790; Roberts, David J.; Danesh, John; Burchell, Brendan; Furlotte, Nicholas A.; Nandakumar, Priyanka; Bonnefond, Amélie; Potier, Louis; Earley, Christopher J.; Ondo, William G.; Xiong, Lan; Desautels, Alex; Perola, Markus; Vodicka, Pavel; Dina, Christian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7722-7348; Stoll, Monika ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-4281; Franke, Andre ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1530-5811; Lieb, Wolfgang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-4460; Stewart, Alexandre F. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-9164; Shah, Svati H.; Gieger, Christian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-9554; Peters, Annette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6645-0985; Rye, David B.; Rouleau, Guy A.; Berger, Klaus; Stefansson, Hreinn; Ullum, Henrik; Stefansson, Kari; Hinds, David A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-803X; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Oexle, Konrad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-2252 und Winkelmann, Juliane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-599X (2024): Genome-wide meta-analyses of restless legs syndrome yield insights into genetic architecture, disease biology and risk prediction. In: Nature Genetics, Vol. 56, No. 6: pp. 1090-1099 [PDF, 3MB]

Abstract

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects up to 10% of older adults. Their healthcare is impeded by delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment. To advance disease prediction and find new entry points for therapy, we performed meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies in 116,647 individuals with RLS (cases) and 1,546,466 controls of European ancestry. The pooled analysis increased the number of risk loci eightfold to 164, including three on chromosome X. Sex-specific meta-analyses revealed largely overlapping genetic predispositions of the sexes (rg = 0.96). Locus annotation prioritized druggable genes such as glutamate receptors 1 and 4, and Mendelian randomization indicated RLS as a causal risk factor for diabetes. Machine learning approaches combining genetic and nongenetic information performed best in risk prediction (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.82–0.91). In summary, we identified targets for drug development and repurposing, prioritized potential causal relationships between RLS and relevant comorbidities and risk factors for follow-up and provided evidence that nonlinear interactions are likely relevant to RLS risk prediction.

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