title: Data on common variants associated with coronary artery disease/myocardial infarction in ethnic Arabs.
abstract: The data shows results acquired in a large cohort of 5668 ethnic Arabs involved in a common variants association study for coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI) using the Affymetrix Axiom Genotyping platform ("A genome-wide association study reveals susceptibility loci for myocardial infarction/coronary artery disease in Saudi Arabs" Wakil et al. (2015) [1] ). Several loci were described that conferred risk for CAD or MI, some of which were validated in an independent set of samples. Principal Component (PCA) analysis suggested that the Saudi Cohort was close to the CEU and TSI populations, thus pointing to similarity with European populations.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Salma M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wakil
authors.affiliation: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nzioka P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Muiya
authors.affiliation: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Munish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Editha
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andres
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nejat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mazhar
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Batoul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baz
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Samya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagos
authors.affiliation: King Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Maie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alshahid
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morahan
authors.affiliation: Genetics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nduna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dzimiri