rs10783021 - LINC02607 - LINC02790

Magnitude 2.2 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of insomnia prioritizes genes associated with metabolic and psychiatric pathways. - Nature genetics (2022) · Watanabe K, Jansen PR, Savage JE, Nandakumar P, Wang X, Hinds DA, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Polimanti R, Stein MB, Van Someren EJW, Smit AB, Posthuma D · PubMed 35835914

    Insomnia is a heritable, highly prevalent sleep disorder for which no sufficient treatment currently exists. Previous genome-wide association studies with up to 1.3 million subjects identified over 200 associated loci. This extreme polygenicity suggested that many more loci remain to be discovered. The current study almost doubled the sample size to 593,724 cases and 1,771,286 controls, thereby increasing statistical power, and identified 554 risk loci (including 364 novel loci). To capitalize on this large number of loci, we propose a novel strategy to prioritize genes using external biological resources and functional interactions between genes across risk loci. Of all 3,898 genes naively implicated from the risk loci, we prioritize 289 and find brain-tissue expression spec


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Lifestyle context

Concrete actions anchored to the cited research. We do not prescribe, we describe.

Discuss with your doctor

  • insomnia genetic risk and screening Moderate

    Genetic predisposition to insomnia warrants professional assessment for early intervention

    If sleep difficulty present, discuss with healthcare provider regarding genetic risk

Lifestyle

  • sleep hygiene optimization Moderate

    Individuals with insomnia risk variant may benefit from sleep-promoting lifestyle habits

    Maintain consistent sleep schedule, cool dark bedroom, no screens 1 hour before bed

Screening

  • insomnia symptoms Moderate

    Variant strongly associated with insomnia risk in large GWAS cohort of 2.4M individuals

    Track sleep quality and latency; note persistent difficulty sleeping