---
title: "WHICAP1 WGS"
id: "7373"
type: "sample_set"
slug: "snd10106"
published_at: "2024-11-27T15:58:34+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-11-27T15:58:35+00:00"
url: "https://dss.niagads.org/sample-sets/snd10106/"
markdown_url: "https://dss.niagads.org/sample-sets/snd10106.md"
excerpt: "A total of 237 WHICAP cohort samples were sequenced at NYGC and USUHS using the Illumina HiSeqX platform. The BAM files were sent to GCAD for processing through the VCPA1.1 pipeline. A total of 232 samples passed sequencing metrics and..."
---

## Description

A total of 237 WHICAP cohort samples were sequenced at NYGC and USUHS using the Illumina HiSeqX platform. The BAM files were sent to GCAD for processing through the VCPA1.1 pipeline. A total of 232 samples passed sequencing metrics and quality control checks.

## Cohorts

- [Washington Heights and Inwood Community Aging project (WHICAP)](https://dss.niagads.org/cohorts/washington-heights-and-inwood-community-aging-project-whicap/)

## Sex

### Total number of samples: 232

Female17274.1 %

Male6025.9 %

## Race

### Total number of samples: 232

| Black or African American | 169 |
| --- | --- |
| White | 15 |
| Other | 48 |

## Ethnicity

### Total number of samples: 232

Not Hispanic or Latino

184

79.3%

Hispanic or Latino

48

20.7%

## Diagnosis

### Total number of samples: 232

| AD |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Control | 190 | 81.9% |
| Case | 9 | 3.9% |
| Unknown | 33 | 14.2% |

## APOE

### Total number of samples: 232

- 2210 (4.3%)
- 2329 (12.5%)
- 2424 (10.3%)
- 3375 (32.3%)
- 3478 (33.6%)
- 4416 (6.9%)