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Table 2 Overview of the sequencing studies

From: The impact of rare and low-frequency genetic variants in common disease

Cohort

Number of samples

Type (WGS or WES)

Coverage

Population

Disease/traits

Source

UK10K

3715

WGS

6.5×

UK

Across diseases

http://www.uk10k.org/

Sardinia

3445

WGS

4×

Sardinian

Lipids

https://sardinia.irp.nia.nih.gov/

IBD

4478

WGS

4 × + 2×

UK

Inflammatory bowel disease

http://www.ibdresearch.co.uk/

GoT2D

2710

WGS/WES

4×/Exome

UK

Type 2 diabetes

www.type2diabetesgenetics.org

BRIDGES

2487

WGS

6–8× (12×)

European

Breast cancer

https://bridges-research.eu/

1000 Genomes

2495

WGS/WES

4×/Exome

Multiple populations

–

http://www.1000genomes.org/

GoNL

748

WGS

12×

Dutch

Cardiovascular disease

http://www.nlgenome.nl/

AMD

3305

WGS

4×

European, Asian

Age-related macular degeneration

http://eaglep.case.edu/iamdgc_web/

HUNT

1023

WGS

4×

Norwegian

Across diseases

https://www.ntnu.edu/hunt

SiSu + Kuusamo

1918

WGS

4×

Finnish

Cardiovascular disease

http://www.sisuproject.fi/

INGI-FVG

250

WGS

4–10×

Italian

Across diseases

http://www.netgene.it/ita/ingi.asp

INGI-Val Borbera

225

WGS

6×

Italian

Across diseases

http://www.netgene.it/ita/ingi.asp

INGI-Carlantino

94

WGS

4×

Italian

Across diseases

http://www.netgene.it/ita/ingi.asp

MCTFR

1325

WGS

10×

–

Developmental disease

https://mctfr.psych.umn.edu/

HELIC

247

WGS

4× (1×)

Greek isolates

Across diseases

http://www.helic.org/

ORCADES

398

WGS

4×

Orkney islands

Across diseases

http://www.orcades.ed.ac.uk/orcades/

InCHIANTI

676

WGS

7×

Tuscan

Aging

http://inchiantistudy.net

GECCO

1131

WGS

4–6×

Across populations

Colorectal cancer

https://www.fredhutch.org/en/labs/phs/projects/cancerprevention/projects/gecco.html

GPC

697

WGS

30×

Dutch

Personality traits

http://www.tweelingenregister.org/GPC/

Project MinE

935

WGS

45×

Across populations

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

http://projectmine.com

NEPTUNE

403

WGS

4×

Across populations

Nephrotic syndrome

http://www.neptune-study.org/

deCODE

2636

WGS

20×

Icelandic

Across diseases

http://www.decode.com/

CHARGE

962

WGS

6×

Across populations

Cardiovascular disease, ageing

http://www.chargeconsortium.com/

ESP of NHLBI

6500

WES

Up to 111×

Across populations

Across diseases

https://esp.gs.washington.edu/drupal/

T2D-GENES

12,940

WES

82×

Across populations

Type 2 diabetes

http://www.type2diabetesgenetics.org/projects/t2dGenes

  1. ESP Exome Sequencing Project, NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, WES whole-exome sequencing, WGS whole-genome sequencing