Ethnic similarities in genetic polymorphisms associated with atrial fibrillation: Far East Asian vs European populations

Background In European ancestry, 111 genetic loci were identified as associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). We explored the reproducibility of those single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a genome‐wide association study (GWAS) meta‐analysis of Far East Asian populations. Methods We performed a meta‐analysis of the Korean AF network and Japanese AF data sets (9118 cases and 33 467 controls) by an inverse‐variance fixed‐effects model. We...