Downloading the GWAS Catalog
Version numbers refer to the file format version. Data is released biweekly and release version is indicated by r-DATE in the downloaded file name.
| Description | Download Link | Format | Column header descriptions |
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| All associations v1.0 | Download (full list); Download (split by pub. year) | tab separated file (zipped) | Click to view |
| All associations v1.0.2 - with added ontology annotations, GWAS Catalog study accession numbers and genotyping technology | Download (full list); Download (split by pub. year) | tab separated file (zipped) | Click to view |
| All studies v1.0 | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
| All studies v1.0.2.1 - With study accession numbers, ontology annotations, genotyping technology, cohort identifiers and full summary statistics availability | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
| All studies v1.0.3.1 - with added fields to match the unpublished downloads, including cohort identifiers and full summary statistics availability | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
| All ancestry data v1.0 (see FAQ page) | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
| All ancestry data v1.0.3.1 - with added fields to match unpublished downloads (see below) (see FAQ page) | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
Unpublished GWAS
| Description | Download Link | Format | Column header descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| All unpublished studies v1.0.3.1 - new format, with added cohort identifiers | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
| All unpublished ancestries v1.0.3.1 - unpublished ancestries, new format | Click to download | tab separated file | Click to view |
File name conventions
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v1.0 indicates the columns originally proposed by the NCBI
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v1.0.1 indicates the addition of ontology annotations, GWAS Catalog study accession numbers and other new columns (dismissed from 1 May 2018)
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v1.0.2 indicates the addition of ontology annotations, GWAS Catalog study accession numbers and other new columns such as genotyping technology
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v1.0.2.1 indicates the addition of all fields in v1.0.2, plus cohort identifiers and summary statistics availability in the studies download
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v1.0.3 indicates the addition of unpublished data and additional trait information (dismissed from 1 Dec 2023)
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V1.0.3.1 indicates the addition of all fields in v1.0.3, plus cohort identifiers and summary statistics availability in the studies download
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eXX indicates the Ensembl release version that the data is mapped to
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rYYYY-MM-DD indicates the date on which the GWAS Catalog was released
Older versions of the GWAS Catalog, with or without ontology annotations, can be found on our FTP server.
To obtain custom downloads of study and association data for a specific trait, gene, variant, genomic region or publication please access the relevant search pages and use the export option on the data tables.
GWAS to EFO mappings
A file showing all GWAS Catalog reported trait to EFO mappings, including the parent category each trait is mapped to on the diagram can be found here. Note that mappings are not one-to-one, i.e. one EFO term may be mapped to several different GWAS Catalog reported traits and vice versa.
Citing the GWAS Catalog
Please see the citation page for citation guidance.