Authors: Nakanishi, Tomoko; Pigazzini, Sara; Degenhardt, Frauke; Cordioli, Mattia; Butler-Laporte, Guillaume; Maya-Miles, Douglas; Bujanda, Luis; Bouysran, Youssef; Niemi, Mari Ek; Palom, Adriana; Ellinghaus, David; Khan, Atlas; Martínez-Bueno, Manuel; Rolker, Selina; Amitrano, Sara; Roade Tato, Luisa; Fava, Francesca; FinnGen; The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (HGI); Meloni, Ilaria; Fallerini, Chiara; Daga, Sergio; Baldassarri, Margherita; Frullanti Elisa; Palmieri Maria; Spinner, Christoph D; Prati, Daniele; Bernardo, David; Garcia, Federico; Darcis, Gilles; Fernández-Cadenas, Israel; Holter, Jan Cato; Banales, Jesus M; Frithiof, Robert; Kiryluk, Krzysztof; Duga, Stefano; Asselta, Rosanna; Pereira, Alexandre C; Romero-Gómez, Manuel; Nafría-Jiménez, Beatriz; Hov, Johannes R; Migeotte, Isabelle; Renieri, Alessandra; Planas, Anna M; Ludwig, Kerstin U; Buti, Maria; Rahmouni, Souad; Alarcón-Riquelme, Marta E; Schulte, Eva C; Franke, Andre; Karlsen, Tom H; Valenti, Luca; Zeberg, Hugo; Richards, J Brent; Ganna, Andrea; Massimiliano, Fabbiani

Venue: Journal of Clinical Investigation

Type: Publication

Abstract: AbstractBackgroundThere is considerable variability in COVID-19 outcomes amongst younger adults—and some of this variation may be due to genetic predisposition. We characterized the clinical implications of the major genetic risk factor for COVID-19 severity, and its age-dependent effect, using individual-level data in a large international multi-centre consortium.MethodThe major common COVID-19 genetic risk factor is a chromosome 3 locus, tagged by the marker rs10490770. We combined individual level data for 13,424 COVID-19 positive patients... (read more)

DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.07.21252875