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1. Gaseous air pollutants and DNA methylation in a methylome-wide association study of an ethnically and environmentally diverse population of US adults

Author: Holliday, Katelyn M., Gondalia, Rahul, Baldassari, Antoine, Justice, Anne E., Stewart, James D., Liao, Duanping, Yanosky, Jeff D., Jordahl, Kristina M., Bhatti, Parveen, Assimes, Themistocles L., Pankow, James S., Guan, Weihua, Fornage, Myriam, Bressler, Jan, North, Kari E., Conneely, Karen N., Li, Yun, Hou, Lifang, Vokonas, Pantel S., Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Wilson, Rory, Wolf, Kathrin, Waldenberger, Melanie, Cyrys, Josef, Peters, Annette, Boezen, H. Marike, Vonk, Judith M., Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi, Lee, Mikyeong, Baccarelli, Andrea A., Whitsel, Eric A., Holliday, Katelyn M., Gondalia, Rahul, Baldassari, Antoine, Justice, Anne E., Stewart, James D., Liao, Duanping, Yanosky, Jeff D., Jordahl, Kristina M., Bhatti, Parveen, Assimes, Themistocles L., Pankow, James S., Guan, Weihua, Fornage, Myriam, Bressler, Jan, North, Kari E., Conneely, Karen N., Li, Yun, Hou, Lifang, Vokonas, Pantel S., Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Wilson, Rory, Wolf, Kathrin, Waldenberger, Melanie, Cyrys, Josef, Peters, Annette, Boezen, H. Marike, Vonk, Judith M., Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi, Lee, Mikyeong, Baccarelli, Andrea A., and Whitsel, Eric A.
Abstract: Epigenetic mechanisms may underlie air pollution-health outcome associations. We estimated gaseous air pollutant-DNA methylation (DNAm) associations using twelve subpopulations within Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohorts (n = 8397; mean age 61.3 years; 83% female; 46% African-American, 46% European-American, 8% Hispanic/Latino). We used geocoded participant address-specific mean ambient carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO2; NOx), ozone (O-3), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations estimated over the 2-, 7-, 28-, and 365-day periods before collection of blood samples used to generate Illumina 450 k array leukocyte DNAm measurements. We estimated methylome-wide, subpopulation-and race/ethnicity-stratified pollutant-DNAm associations in multi-level, linear mixed-effects models adjusted for sociodemographic, behavioral, meteorological, and technical covariates. We combined stratum-specific estimates in inverse variance-weighted meta-analyses and characterized significant associations (false discovery rate; FDR<0.05) at Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine (CpG) sites without among-strata heterogeneity (P-Cochran's Q > 0.05). We attempted replication in the Cooperative Health Research in Region of Augsburg (KORA) study and Normative Aging Study (NAS). We observed a -0.3 (95% CI: -0.4, -0.2) unit decrease in percent DNAm per interquartile range (IQR, 7.3 ppb) increase in 28-day mean NO2 concentration at cg01885635 (chromosome 3; regulatory region 290 bp upstream from ZNF621; FDR = 0.03). At intragenic sites cg21849932 (chromosome 20; LIME1; intron 3) and cg05353869 (chromosome 11; KLHL35; exon 2), we observed a -0.3 (95% CI: -0.4, -0.2) unit decrease (FDR = 0.04) and a 1.2 (95% CI: 0.7, 1.7) unit increase (FDR = 0.04), respectively, in percent DNAm per IQR (17.6 ppb) increase in 7-day mean ozone concentration. Results were not fully replicated in KORA and NAS. We identified three CpG sites potentially susceptible to gas
Published: 2022
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2. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

Author: Justice, Anne E., Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gustafsson, Stefan, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, Wallentin, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Justice, Anne E., Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gustafsson, Stefan, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, Wallentin, Lars, and Lindgren, Cecilia M.
Abstract: Body-fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body-fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥5%) and nine low-frequency or rare (MAF <5%) coding novel variants. Pathway/gene set enrichment analyses identified lipid particle, adiponectin, abnormal white adipose tissue physiology and bone development and morphology as important contributors to fat distribution, while cross-trait associations highlight cardiometabolic traits. In functional follow-up analyses, specifically in Drosophila RNAi-knockdowns, we observed a significant increase in the total body triglyceride levels for two genes (DNAH10 and PLXND1). We implicate novel genes in fat distribution, stressing the importance of interrogating low-frequency and protein-coding variants., For complete list of authors see http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0334-2
Published: 2019
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3. Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

Author: Mahajan, Anubha, Wessel, Jennifer, Willems, Sara M., Zhao, Wei, Robertson, Neil R., Chu, Audrey Y., Gan, Wei, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Taliun, Daniel, Rayner, N. William, Guo, Xiuqing, Lu, Yingchang, Li, Man, Jensen, Richard A., Hu, Yao, Huo, Shaofeng, Lohman, Kurt K., Zhang, Weihua, Cook, James P., Prins, Bram Peter, Flannick, Jason, Grarup, Niels, Trubetskoy, Vassily Vladimirovich, Kravic, Jasmina, Kim, Young Jin, Rybin, Denis V., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Meidtner, Karina, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Varga, Tibor V., Marten, Jonathan, Li, Jin, Smith, Albert Vernon, An, Ping, Ligthart, Symen, Gustafsson, Stefan, Malerba, Giovanni, Demirkan, Ayse, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Wuttke, Matthias, Lecoeur, Cecile, Preuss, Michael, Bielak, Lawrence F., Graff, Marielisa, Highland, Heather M., Justice, Anne E., Liu, Dajiang J., Marouli, Eirini, Peloso, Gina Marie, Warren, Helen R., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Shoaib, Ahlqvist, Emma, Almgren, Peter, Amin, Najaf, Bang, Lia B., Bertoni, Alain G., Bombieri, Cristina, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Brandslund, Ivan, Brody, Jennifer A., Burtt, Noel P., Canouil, Mickael, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Cho, Yoon Shin, Christensen, Cramer, Eastwood, Sophie V., Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Fischer, Krista, Gambaro, Giovanni, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Grove, Megan L., de Haan, Hugoline G., Hackinger, Sophie, Hai, Yang, Han, Sohee, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Hivert, Marie-France, Isomaa, Bo, Jager, Susanne, Jorgensen, Marit E., Jorgensen, Torben, Karajamaki, Annemari, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Sung Soo, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kovacs, Peter, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kronenberg, Florian, Lall, Kristi, Lange, Leslie A., Lee, Jung-Jin, Lehne, Benjamin, Li, Huaixing, Lin, Keng-Hung, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jun, Loh, Marie, Magi, Reedik, Mamakou, Vasiliki, McKean-Cowdin, Roberta, Nadkarni, Girish, Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F., Ntalla, Ioanna, Peyser, Patricia A., Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rice, Kenneth, Rich, Stephen S., Rode, Line, Rolandsson, Olov, Schonherr, Sebastian, Selvin, Elizabeth, Small, Kerrin S., Stancakova, Alena, Surendran, Praveen, Taylor, Kent D., Teslovich, Tanya M., Thorand, Barbara, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tin, Adrienne, Tonjes, Anke, Varbo, Anette, Witte, Daniel R., Wood, Andrew R., Yajnik, Pranav, Yao, Jie, Yengo, Loic, Young, Robin, Amouyel, Philippe, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Chowdhury, Rajiv, Collins, Francis S., Dedoussis, George, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Frossard, Philippe, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara B., Heckbert, Susan R., Howson, Joanna M. M., Ingelsson, Martin, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Mannisto, Satu, Meitinger, Thomas, Melander, Olle, Mohlke, Karen L., Moitry, Marie, Morris, Andrew D., Murray, Alison D., de Mutsert, Renee, Orho-Melander, Marju, Owen, Katharine R., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Province, Michael A., Rasheed, Asif, Ridker, Paul M., Rivadineira, Fernando, Rosendaal, Frits R., Rosengren, Anders H., Salomaa, Veikko, Sheu, Wayne H. -H., Sladek, Rob, Smith, Blair H., Strauch, Konstantin, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Varma, Rohit, Willer, Cristen J., Bluher, Matthias, Butterworth, Adam S., Chambers, John Campbell, Chasman, Daniel I., Danesh, John, van Duijn, Cornelia, Dupuis, Josee, Franco, Oscar H., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Grallert, Harald, Groop, Leif, Han, Bok-Ghee, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, Ingelsson, Erik, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kooner, Jaspal Singh, Kottgen, Anna, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Laakso, Markku, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth J. F., Marchini, Jonathan, Metspalu, Andres, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Oluf, Psaty, Bruce M., Rauramaa, Rainer, Sattar, Naveed, Schulze, Matthias B., Soranzo, Nicole, Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James G., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Scott, Robert A., Barroso, Ines, Frayling, Timothy M., Goodarzi, Mark O., Meigs, James B., Boehnke, Michael, Saleheen, Danish, Morris, Andrew P., Rotter, Jerome I., McCarthy, Mark I., Mahajan, Anubha, Wessel, Jennifer, Willems, Sara M., Zhao, Wei, Robertson, Neil R., Chu, Audrey Y., Gan, Wei, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Taliun, Daniel, Rayner, N. William, Guo, Xiuqing, Lu, Yingchang, Li, Man, Jensen, Richard A., Hu, Yao, Huo, Shaofeng, Lohman, Kurt K., Zhang, Weihua, Cook, James P., Prins, Bram Peter, Flannick, Jason, Grarup, Niels, Trubetskoy, Vassily Vladimirovich, Kravic, Jasmina, Kim, Young Jin, Rybin, Denis V., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Meidtner, Karina, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Varga, Tibor V., Marten, Jonathan, Li, Jin, Smith, Albert Vernon, An, Ping, Ligthart, Symen, Gustafsson, Stefan, Malerba, Giovanni, Demirkan, Ayse, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Wuttke, Matthias, Lecoeur, Cecile, Preuss, Michael, Bielak, Lawrence F., Graff, Marielisa, Highland, Heather M., Justice, Anne E., Liu, Dajiang J., Marouli, Eirini, Peloso, Gina Marie, Warren, Helen R., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Shoaib, Ahlqvist, Emma, Almgren, Peter, Amin, Najaf, Bang, Lia B., Bertoni, Alain G., Bombieri, Cristina, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Brandslund, Ivan, Brody, Jennifer A., Burtt, Noel P., Canouil, Mickael, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Cho, Yoon Shin, Christensen, Cramer, Eastwood, Sophie V., Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Fischer, Krista, Gambaro, Giovanni, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Grove, Megan L., de Haan, Hugoline G., Hackinger, Sophie, Hai, Yang, Han, Sohee, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Hivert, Marie-France, Isomaa, Bo, Jager, Susanne, Jorgensen, Marit E., Jorgensen, Torben, Karajamaki, Annemari, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Sung Soo, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kovacs, Peter, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kronenberg, Florian, Lall, Kristi, Lange, Leslie A., Lee, Jung-Jin, Lehne, Benjamin, Li, Huaixing, Lin, Keng-Hung, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jun, Loh, Marie, Magi, Reedik, Mamakou, Vasiliki, McKean-Cowdin, Roberta, Nadkarni, Girish, Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F., Ntalla, Ioanna, Peyser, Patricia A., Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rice, Kenneth, Rich, Stephen S., Rode, Line, Rolandsson, Olov, Schonherr, Sebastian, Selvin, Elizabeth, Small, Kerrin S., Stancakova, Alena, Surendran, Praveen, Taylor, Kent D., Teslovich, Tanya M., Thorand, Barbara, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tin, Adrienne, Tonjes, Anke, Varbo, Anette, Witte, Daniel R., Wood, Andrew R., Yajnik, Pranav, Yao, Jie, Yengo, Loic, Young, Robin, Amouyel, Philippe, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Chowdhury, Rajiv, Collins, Francis S., Dedoussis, George, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Frossard, Philippe, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara B., Heckbert, Susan R., Howson, Joanna M. M., Ingelsson, Martin, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Mannisto, Satu, Meitinger, Thomas, Melander, Olle, Mohlke, Karen L., Moitry, Marie, Morris, Andrew D., Murray, Alison D., de Mutsert, Renee, Orho-Melander, Marju, Owen, Katharine R., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Province, Michael A., Rasheed, Asif, Ridker, Paul M., Rivadineira, Fernando, Rosendaal, Frits R., Rosengren, Anders H., Salomaa, Veikko, Sheu, Wayne H. -H., Sladek, Rob, Smith, Blair H., Strauch, Konstantin, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Varma, Rohit, Willer, Cristen J., Bluher, Matthias, Butterworth, Adam S., Chambers, John Campbell, Chasman, Daniel I., Danesh, John, van Duijn, Cornelia, Dupuis, Josee, Franco, Oscar H., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Grallert, Harald, Groop, Leif, Han, Bok-Ghee, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, Ingelsson, Erik, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kooner, Jaspal Singh, Kottgen, Anna, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Laakso, Markku, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth J. F., Marchini, Jonathan, Metspalu, Andres, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Oluf, Psaty, Bruce M., Rauramaa, Rainer, Sattar, Naveed, Schulze, Matthias B., Soranzo, Nicole, Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James G., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Scott, Robert A., Barroso, Ines, Frayling, Timothy M., Goodarzi, Mark O., Meigs, James B., Boehnke, Michael, Saleheen, Danish, Morris, Andrew P., Rotter, Jerome I., and McCarthy, Mark I.
Abstract: We aggregated coding variant data for 81,412 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,832 controls of diverse ancestry, identifying 40 coding variant association signals (P < 2.2 x 10(-7)); of these, 16 map outside known risk-associated loci. We make two important observations. First, only five of these signals are driven by low-frequency variants: even for these, effect sizes are modest (odds ratio <= 1.29). Second, when we used large-scale genome-wide association data to fine-map the associated variants in their regional context, accounting for the global enrichment of complex trait associations in coding sequence, compelling evidence for coding variant causality was obtained for only 16 signals. At 13 others, the associated coding variants clearly represent 'false leads' with potential to generate erroneous mechanistic inference. Coding variant associations offer a direct route to biological insight for complex diseases and identification of validated therapeutic targets; however, appropriate mechanistic inference requires careful specification of their causal contribution to disease predisposition.
Published: 2018
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4. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Author: Turcot, Valerie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M., Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E., Fine, Rebecca S., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Esko, Tonu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E., Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E., Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L., Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Manning, Alisa K., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Reiner, Alex P., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M., Winkler, Thomas W., Abecasis, Goncalo, Aben, Katja K., Alam, Dewan S., Alharthi, Sameer E., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Auer, Paul L., Balkau, Beverley, Bang, Lia E., Barroso, Ines, Bastarache, Lisa, Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blueher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boeger, Carsten A., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H., Broer, Linda, Brumat, Marco, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Campbell, Peter T., Cappellani, Stefania, Carey, David J., Catamo, Eulalia, Caulfield, Mark J., Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der I., Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Corley, Janie, Galbany, Jordi Corominas, Cox, Amanda J., Crosslin, David S., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, D'Eustacchio, Angela, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, Bakker, Paul I. W., Groot, Mark C. H., Mutsert, Renee, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., Heijer, Martin, Hollander, Anneke I., Ruijter, Hester M., Dennis, Joe G., Denny, Josh C., Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dube, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Edwards, Todd L., Ellinghaus, David, Ellinor, Patrick T., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Faul, Jessica D., Fauser, Sascha, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franco, Oscar H., Franke, Andre, Franks, Paul W., Friedrich, Nele, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E., Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Gibson, Jane, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gjesing, Anette P., Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathias, Grabe, Hans-Joergen, Grant, Struan F. A., Grarup, Niels, Griffiths, Helen L., Grove, Megan L., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B., Hattersley, Andrew T., Have, Christian T., Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Heid, Iris M., Helgeland, Oyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W., Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. Kees, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hu, Yao, Huang, Paul L., Huffman, Jennifer E., Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jansson, Jan-Hakan, Jarvik, Gail P., Jensen, Gorm B., Jia, Yucheng, Johansson, Stefan, Jorgensen, Marit E., Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, Rene S., Kahonen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kim, Eric, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kooperberg, Charles, Korhonen, Tellervo, Kovacs, Peter, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Kutalik, Zoltan, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lamparter, David, Lange, Ethan M., Lange, Leslie A., Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B., Lee, Nanette R., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Keng-Hung, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J., Liu, Yongmei, Lo, Ken S., Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lotery, Andrew J., Loukola, Anu, Luan, Jian'an, Lubitz, Steven A., Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mannisto, Satu, Marenne, Gaelle, Mazul, Angela L., McCarthy, Mark I., McKean-Cowdin, Roberta, Medland, Sarah E., Meidtner, Karina, Milani, Lili, Mistry, Vanisha, Mitchell, Paul, Mohlke, Karen L., Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Montgomery, Grant W., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Moore, Carmel, Mori, Trevor A., Morris, Andrew D., Morris, Andrew P., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B., Nalls, Mike A., Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P., Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F., Nikus, Kjell, Njolstad, Pal R., Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nyholt, Dale R., O'Connel, Jeffrey R., O'Donoghue, Michelle L., Loohuis, Loes M. Olde, Ophoff, Roel A., Owen, Katharine R., Packard, Chris J., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmer, Colin N. A., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Patel, Aniruddh P., Pattie, Alison, Pedersen, Oluf, Peissig, Peggy L., Peloso, Gina M., Pennell, Craig E., Perola, Markus, Perry, James A., Perry, John R. B., Pers, Tune H., Person, Thomas N., Peters, Annette, Petersen, Eva R. B., Peyser, Patricia A., Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Polderman, Tinca J., Puolijoki, Hannu, Raitakari, Olli T., Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F., Renstrom, Frida, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivas, Manuel A., Roberts, David J., Robertson, Neil R., Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S., Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schoen, Robert E., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schulze, Matthias B., Scott, Robert A., Segura-Lepe, Marcelo P., Shah, Svati H., Sheu, Wayne H. -H., Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J., Small, Kerrin S., Smith, Albert V., Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Starr, John M., Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swift, Amy J., Tada, Hayato, Tansey, Katherine E., Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H., Toenjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Laan, Sander W., Duijn, Cornelia M., Leeuwen, Nienke, van Setten, Jessica, Vanhala, Mauno, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V., Varma, Rohit, Edwards, Digna R. Velez, Vermeulen, Sita H., Veronesi, Giovanni, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F., Voelker, Uwe, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lars, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A., Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Ware, Erin B., Wareham, Nicholas J., Warren, Helen R., Waterworth, Dawn M., Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D., Willer, Cristen J., Wilson, James G., Witte, Daniel R., Wood, Andrew R., Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Wei, Zondervan, Krina T., Rotter, Jerome I., Pospisilik, John A., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Frayling, Timothy M., Lettre, Guillaume, North, Kari E., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Loos, Ruth J. F., Turcot, Valerie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M., Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E., Fine, Rebecca S., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Esko, Tonu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E., Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E., Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L., Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Manning, Alisa K., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Reiner, Alex P., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M., Winkler, Thomas W., Abecasis, Goncalo, Aben, Katja K., Alam, Dewan S., Alharthi, Sameer E., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Auer, Paul L., Balkau, Beverley, Bang, Lia E., Barroso, Ines, Bastarache, Lisa, Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blueher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boeger, Carsten A., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H., Broer, Linda, Brumat, Marco, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Campbell, Peter T., Cappellani, Stefania, Carey, David J., Catamo, Eulalia, Caulfield, Mark J., Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der I., Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Corley, Janie, Galbany, Jordi Corominas, Cox, Amanda J., Crosslin, David S., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, D'Eustacchio, Angela, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, Bakker, Paul I. W., Groot, Mark C. H., Mutsert, Renee, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., Heijer, Martin, Hollander, Anneke I., Ruijter, Hester M., Dennis, Joe G., Denny, Josh C., Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dube, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Edwards, Todd L., Ellinghaus, David, Ellinor, Patrick T., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Faul, Jessica D., Fauser, Sascha, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franco, Oscar H., Franke, Andre, Franks, Paul W., Friedrich, Nele, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E., Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Gibson, Jane, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gjesing, Anette P., Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathias, Grabe, Hans-Joergen, Grant, Struan F. A., Grarup, Niels, Griffiths, Helen L., Grove, Megan L., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B., Hattersley, Andrew T., Have, Christian T., Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Heid, Iris M., Helgeland, Oyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W., Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. Kees, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hu, Yao, Huang, Paul L., Huffman, Jennifer E., Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jansson, Jan-Hakan, Jarvik, Gail P., Jensen, Gorm B., Jia, Yucheng, Johansson, Stefan, Jorgensen, Marit E., Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, Rene S., Kahonen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kim, Eric, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kooperberg, Charles, Korhonen, Tellervo, Kovacs, Peter, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Kutalik, Zoltan, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lamparter, David, Lange, Ethan M., Lange, Leslie A., Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B., Lee, Nanette R., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Keng-Hung, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J., Liu, Yongmei, Lo, Ken S., Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lotery, Andrew J., Loukola, Anu, Luan, Jian'an, Lubitz, Steven A., Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mannisto, Satu, Marenne, Gaelle, Mazul, Angela L., McCarthy, Mark I., McKean-Cowdin, Roberta, Medland, Sarah E., Meidtner, Karina, Milani, Lili, Mistry, Vanisha, Mitchell, Paul, Mohlke, Karen L., Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Montgomery, Grant W., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Moore, Carmel, Mori, Trevor A., Morris, Andrew D., Morris, Andrew P., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B., Nalls, Mike A., Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P., Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F., Nikus, Kjell, Njolstad, Pal R., Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nyholt, Dale R., O'Connel, Jeffrey R., O'Donoghue, Michelle L., Loohuis, Loes M. Olde, Ophoff, Roel A., Owen, Katharine R., Packard, Chris J., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmer, Colin N. A., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Patel, Aniruddh P., Pattie, Alison, Pedersen, Oluf, Peissig, Peggy L., Peloso, Gina M., Pennell, Craig E., Perola, Markus, Perry, James A., Perry, John R. B., Pers, Tune H., Person, Thomas N., Peters, Annette, Petersen, Eva R. B., Peyser, Patricia A., Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Polderman, Tinca J., Puolijoki, Hannu, Raitakari, Olli T., Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F., Renstrom, Frida, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivas, Manuel A., Roberts, David J., Robertson, Neil R., Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S., Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schoen, Robert E., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schulze, Matthias B., Scott, Robert A., Segura-Lepe, Marcelo P., Shah, Svati H., Sheu, Wayne H. -H., Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J., Small, Kerrin S., Smith, Albert V., Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Starr, John M., Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swift, Amy J., Tada, Hayato, Tansey, Katherine E., Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H., Toenjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Laan, Sander W., Duijn, Cornelia M., Leeuwen, Nienke, van Setten, Jessica, Vanhala, Mauno, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V., Varma, Rohit, Edwards, Digna R. Velez, Vermeulen, Sita H., Veronesi, Giovanni, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F., Voelker, Uwe, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lars, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A., Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Ware, Erin B., Wareham, Nicholas J., Warren, Helen R., Waterworth, Dawn M., Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D., Willer, Cristen J., Wilson, James G., Witte, Daniel R., Wood, Andrew R., Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Wei, Zondervan, Krina T., Rotter, Jerome I., Pospisilik, John A., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Frayling, Timothy M., Lettre, Guillaume, North, Kari E., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., and Loos, Ruth J. F.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, noncoding variants from which pinpointing causal genes remains challenging. Here we combined data from 718,734 individuals to discover rare and low-frequency (minor allele frequency (MAF) < 5%) coding variants associated with BMI. We identified 14 coding variants in 13 genes, of which 8 variants were in genes (ZBTB7B, ACHE, RAPGEF3, RAB21, ZFHX3, ENTPD6, ZFR2 and ZNF169) newly implicated in human obesity, 2 variants were in genes (MC4R and KSR2) previously observed to be mutated in extreme obesity and 2 variants were in GIPR. The effect sizes of rare variants are ~10 times larger than those of common variants, with the largest effect observed in carriers of an MC4R mutation introducing a stop codon (p.Tyr35Ter, MAF = 0.01%), who weighed ~7 kg more than non-carriers. Pathway analyses based on the variants associated with BMI confirm enrichment of neuronal genes and provide new evidence for adipocyte and energy expenditure biology, widening the potential of genetically supported therapeutic targets in obesity., Correction in: Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x, published online 22 December 2017. Published online: 3 June 2019https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0447-2
Published: 2018
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5. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, Franks, Paul W., Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, and Franks, Paul W.
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (GxE) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (P-v), GxE interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (P-m). Correlations between P-v and P-m were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's rho = 0.401 for triglycerides, and rho = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When P-v and P-m were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's rho = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the P-v distribution (P-binomial < 0.05). SNPs from the top 1% of the P-m distribution for BMI had more significant P-v values (Pmann-Whitney = 1.46x10(-5)), and the odds ratio of SNPs with nominally significant (< 0.05) P-m and P-v was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.57) for BMI. Moreover, BMI SNPs with nominally significant GxE interaction P-values (Pint < 0.05) were enriched with nominally significant P-v values (P-binomial = 8.63x10(-9) and 8.52x10(-7) for SNP x smoking and SNP x physical activity, respectively). We conclude that some loci with strong marginal effects may be good candidates for GxE, and variance-based prioritization can be used to identify them.
Published: 2017
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6. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, Franks, Paul W., Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, and Franks, Paul W.
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (GxE) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (P-v), GxE interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (P-m). Correlations between P-v and P-m were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's rho = 0.401 for triglycerides, and rho = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When P-v and P-m were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's rho = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the P-v distribution (P-binomial < 0.05). SNPs from the top 1% of the P-m distribution for BMI had more significant P-v values (Pmann-Whitney = 1.46x10(-5)), and the odds ratio of SNPs with nominally significant (< 0.05) P-m and P-v was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.57) for BMI. Moreover, BMI SNPs with nominally significant GxE interaction P-values (Pint < 0.05) were enriched with nominally significant P-v values (P-binomial = 8.63x10(-9) and 8.52x10(-7) for SNP x smoking and SNP x physical activity, respectively). We conclude that some loci with strong marginal effects may be good candidates for GxE, and variance-based prioritization can be used to identify them.
Published: 2017
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7. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, Franks, Paul W., Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, and Franks, Paul W.
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (GxE) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (P-v), GxE interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (P-m). Correlations between P-v and P-m were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's rho = 0.401 for triglycerides, and rho = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When P-v and P-m were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's rho = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the P-v distribution (P-binomial < 0.05). SNPs from the top 1% of the P-m distribution for BMI had more significant P-v values (Pmann-Whitney = 1.46x10(-5)), and the odds ratio of SNPs with nominally significant (< 0.05) P-m and P-v was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.57) for BMI. Moreover, BMI SNPs with nominally significant GxE interaction P-values (Pint < 0.05) were enriched with nominally significant P-v values (P-binomial = 8.63x10(-9) and 8.52x10(-7) for SNP x smoking and SNP x physical activity, respectively). We conclude that some loci with strong marginal effects may be good candidates for GxE, and variance-based prioritization can be used to identify them.
Published: 2017
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8. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

Author: Marouli, Eirini, Graff, Mariaelisa, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Lo, Ken Sin, Wood, Andrew R., Kjaer, Troels R., Fine, Rebecca S., Lu, Yingchang, Schurmann, Claudia, Highland, Heather M., Rueger, Sina, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Justice, Anne E., Lamparter, David, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Turcot, Valerie, Young, Kristin L., Winkler, Thomas W., Esko, Tonu, Karaderi, Tugce, Locke, Adam E., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Ng, Maggie C. Y., Mudgal, Poorva, Rivas, Manuel A., Vedantam, Sailaja, Mahajan, Anubha, Guo, Xiuqing, Abecasis, Goncalo, Aben, Katja K., Adair, Linda S., Alam, Dewan S., Albrecht, Eva, Allin, Kristine H., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Appel, Emil V., Arveiler, Dominique, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Auer, Paul L., Balkau, Beverley, Banas, Bernhard, Bang, Lia E., Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blueher, Matthias, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boeger, Carsten A., Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H., Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Carey, David J., Caulfield, Mark J., Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Corley, Janie, Galbany, Jordi Corominas, Cox, Amanda J., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, de Bakker, Paul I. W., de Borst, Gert J., de Denus, Simon, de Groot, Mark C. H., de Mutsert, Renee, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., den Hollander, Anneke I., Dennis, Joe G., Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Ebeling, Tapani, Edwards, Todd L., Ellinor, Patrick T., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franks, Paul W., Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E., Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Giri, Ayush, Girotto, Giorgia, Gordon, Scott D., Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathias, Grarup, Niels, Grove, Megan L., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heid, Iris M., Heikkila, Kauko, Helgeland, Oyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W., Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. Kees, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hoyng, Carel B., Huang, Paul L., Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jansson, Jan-Hakan, Jarvik, Gail P., Jensen, Gorm B., Jhun, Min A., Jia, Yucheng, Jiang, Xuejuan, Johansson, Stefan, Jorgensen, Marit E., Jorgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J. Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, Rene S., Kahonen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Keeman, Renske, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Kluivers, Kirsten B., Kocher, Thomas, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kontto, Jukka, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kooperberg, Charles, Kovacs, Peter, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Kury, Sebastien, Kuusisto, Johanna, La Bianca, Martina, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lange, Ethan M., Lange, Leslie A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B., Lee, I-Te, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yeheng, Liu, Yongmei, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Luan, Jian'an, Lubitz, Steven A., Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mackey, David A., Madden, Pamela A. 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Abstract: Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of IGFBP-4 in vitro, resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin-like growth factors. These 83 height-associated variants overlap genes that are mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates (such as ADAMTS3, IL11RA and NOX4) and pathways (such as proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis) involved in growth. Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low-frequency variants of moderate-to-large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes, and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways.
Published: 2017
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9. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

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F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., and Cupples, L. Adrienne
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for environmental exposures, like smoking, potentially impacting the overall trait variance when investigating the genetic contribution to obesity-related traits. Here, we use GWAS data from 51,080 current smokers and 190,178 nonsmokers (87% European descent) to identify loci influencing BMI and central adiposity, measured as waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio both adjusted for BMI. We identify 23 novel genetic loci, and 9 loci with convincing evidence of gene-smoking interaction (GxSMK) on obesity-related traits. We show consistent direction of effect for all identified loci and significance for 18 novel and for 5 interaction loci in an independent study sample. These loci highlight novel biological functions, including response to oxidative stress, addictive behaviour, and regulatory functions emphasizing the importance of accounting for environment in genetic analyses. Our results suggest that tobacco smoking may alter the genetic susceptibility to overall adiposity and body fat distribution.
Published: 2017
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10. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

Author: Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., and Cupples, L. Adrienne
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for environmental exposures, like smoking, potentially impacting the overall trait variance when investigating the genetic contribution to obesity-related traits. Here, we use GWAS data from 51,080 current smokers and 190,178 nonsmokers (87% European descent) to identify loci influencing BMI and central adiposity, measured as waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio both adjusted for BMI. We identify 23 novel genetic loci, and 9 loci with convincing evidence of gene-smoking interaction (GxSMK) on obesity-related traits. We show consistent direction of effect for all identified loci and significance for 18 novel and for 5 interaction loci in an independent study sample. These loci highlight novel biological functions, including response to oxidative stress, addictive behaviour, and regulatory functions emphasizing the importance of accounting for environment in genetic analyses. Our results suggest that tobacco smoking may alter the genetic susceptibility to overall adiposity and body fat distribution.
Published: 2017
Full Text: View/download PDF

11. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

Author: Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., and Cupples, L. Adrienne
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for environmental exposures, like smoking, potentially impacting the overall trait variance when investigating the genetic contribution to obesity-related traits. Here, we use GWAS data from 51,080 current smokers and 190,178 nonsmokers (87% European descent) to identify loci influencing BMI and central adiposity, measured as waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio both adjusted for BMI. We identify 23 novel genetic loci, and 9 loci with convincing evidence of gene-smoking interaction (GxSMK) on obesity-related traits. We show consistent direction of effect for all identified loci and significance for 18 novel and for 5 interaction loci in an independent study sample. These loci highlight novel biological functions, including response to oxidative stress, addictive behaviour, and regulatory functions emphasizing the importance of accounting for environment in genetic analyses. Our results suggest that tobacco smoking may alter the genetic susceptibility to overall adiposity and body fat distribution.
Published: 2017
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12. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

Author: Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., and Cupples, L. Adrienne
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for environmental exposures, like smoking, potentially impacting the overall trait variance when investigating the genetic contribution to obesity-related traits. Here, we use GWAS data from 51,080 current smokers and 190,178 nonsmokers (87% European descent) to identify loci influencing BMI and central adiposity, measured as waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio both adjusted for BMI. We identify 23 novel genetic loci, and 9 loci with convincing evidence of gene-smoking interaction (GxSMK) on obesity-related traits. We show consistent direction of effect for all identified loci and significance for 18 novel and for 5 interaction loci in an independent study sample. These loci highlight novel biological functions, including response to oxidative stress, addictive behaviour, and regulatory functions emphasizing the importance of accounting for environment in genetic analyses. Our results suggest that tobacco smoking may alter the genetic susceptibility to overall adiposity and body fat distribution.
Published: 2017
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13. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, Franks, Paul W., Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, and Franks, Paul W.
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (GxE) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (P-v), GxE interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (P-m). Correlations between P-v and P-m were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's rho = 0.401 for triglycerides, and rho = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When P-v and P-m were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's rho = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the P-v distribution (P-binomial < 0.05). SNPs from the top 1% of the P-m distribution for BMI had more significant P-v values (Pmann-Whitney = 1.46x10(-5)), and the odds ratio of SNPs with nominally significant (< 0.05) P-m and P-v was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.57) for BMI. Moreover, BMI SNPs with nominally significant GxE interaction P-values (Pint < 0.05) were enriched with nominally significant P-v values (P-binomial = 8.63x10(-9) and 8.52x10(-7) for SNP x smoking and SNP x physical activity, respectively). We conclude that some loci with strong marginal effects may be good candidates for GxE, and variance-based prioritization can be used to identify them.
Published: 2017
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14. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

Author: Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Justice, Anne E., Winkler, Thomas W., Feitosa, Mary F., Graff, Misa, Fisher, Virginia A., Young, Kristin, Barata, Llilda, Deng, Xuan, Czajkowski, Jacek, Hadley, David, Ngwa, Julius S., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Chu, Audrey Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Lim, Elise, Perez, Jeremiah, Eicher, John D., Kutalik, Zoltan, Xue, Luting, Mahajan, Anubha, Renstrom, Frida, Wu, Joseph, Qi, Qibin, Ahmad, Shafqat, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bonnefond, Amelie, Bragg, Jennifer, Cadby, Gemma, Chittani, Martina, Coggeshall, Scott, Corre, Tanguy, Direk, Nese, Eriksson, Joel, Fischer, Krista, Gorski, Mathias, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huang, Tao, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Justesen, Johanne Marie, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kinnunen, Leena, Kleber, Marcus E., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Lim, Unhee, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mangino, Massimo, Manichaikul, Ani, Marten, Jonathan, Middelberg, Rita P. S., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Pau, Perusse, Louis, Pervjakova, Natalia, Sarti, Cinzia, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Stancakova, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Stringham, Heather M., Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vedantam, Sailaja L., Verweij, Niek, Vink, Jacqueline M., Vitart, Veronique, Wu, Ying, Yengo, Loic, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zimmermann, Martina E., Zubair, Niha, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adair, Linda S., Afaq, Saima, Afzal, Uzma, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin, Braga, Daniele, Buckley, Brendan M., Buyske, Steve, Campbell, Harry, Chambers, John C., Collins, Francis S., Curran, Joanne E., de Borst, Gert J., de Craen, Anton J. M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Delgado, Graciela E., den Ruijter, Hester M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Anna L., Esko, Tonu, Faul, Jessica D., Ford, Ian, Forrester, Terrence, Gertow, Karl, Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Gong, Jian, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Grarup, Niels, Haitjema, Saskia, Hallmans, Goran, Hamsten, Anders, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas D., Heath, Andrew C., Hernandez, Dena, Hindorff, Lucia, Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jie, Hung, Joseph, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan L., Jansson, John-Olov, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jhun, Min A., Jorgensen, Marit E., Juonala, Markus, Kahonen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kolovou, Genovefa, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kuusisto, Johanna, Kvaloy, Kirsti, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Linneberg, Allan, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lubke, Gitta, Ludolph-Donislawski, Anja, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mannikko, Reija, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Martin, Nicholas G., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Mellstrom, Dan, Menni, Cristina, Montgomery, Grant W., Musk, A. W. (Bill), Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Olden, Matthias, Ong, Ken K., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peyser, Patricia A., Pisinger, Charlotta, Porteous, David J., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rawal, Rajesh, Rice, Treva, Ridker, Paul M., Rose, Lynda M., Bien, Stephanie A., Rudan, Igor, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Sattar, Naveed, Savonen, Kai, Schlessinger, David, Scholtens, Salome, Schurmann, Claudia, Scott, Robert A., Sennblad, Bengt, Siemelink, Marten A., Silbernagel, Gunther, Slagboom, P. Eline, Snieder, Harold, Staessen, Jan A., Stott, David J., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thuillier, Dorothee, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Westendorp, R. G. J., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhao, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Boger, Carsten A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Cooper, Richard S., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, de Faire, Ulf, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A., Hayward, Caroline, Hveem, Kristian, Johnson, Andrew D., Jukema, Wouter, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kivimaki, Mika, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Le Marchand, Loic, Marz, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Ohlsson, Claes, Palmer, Lyle J., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Peters, Ulrike, Polasek, Ozren, Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Smith, Blair H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Strauch, Konstantin, Tiemeier, Henning, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Harst, Pim, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Whitfield, John B., Wilson, James F., Tyrrell, Jessica, Frayling, Timothy M., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Fox, Caroline S., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hunter, David J., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Heid, Iris M., Mohlke, Karen L., Marchini, Jonathan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Liu, Ching-Ti, Borecki, Ingrid B., North, Kari E., and Cupples, L. Adrienne
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for environmental exposures, like smoking, potentially impacting the overall trait variance when investigating the genetic contribution to obesity-related traits. Here, we use GWAS data from 51,080 current smokers and 190,178 nonsmokers (87% European descent) to identify loci influencing BMI and central adiposity, measured as waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio both adjusted for BMI. We identify 23 novel genetic loci, and 9 loci with convincing evidence of gene-smoking interaction (GxSMK) on obesity-related traits. We show consistent direction of effect for all identified loci and significance for 18 novel and for 5 interaction loci in an independent study sample. These loci highlight novel biological functions, including response to oxidative stress, addictive behaviour, and regulatory functions emphasizing the importance of accounting for environment in genetic analyses. Our results suggest that tobacco smoking may alter the genetic susceptibility to overall adiposity and body fat distribution.
Published: 2017
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15. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, Franks, Paul W., Shungin, Dmitry, Deng, Wei Q., Varga, Tibor V., Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew P., Forouhi, Nita G., Lindgren, Cecilia, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hallmans, Göran, Chu, Audrey Y., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Rose, Lynda M., Langenberg, Claudia, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Ridker, Paul M., Wareham, Nicholas J., Ong, Ken K., Loos, Ruth J. F., Chasman, Daniel I., Ingelsson, Erik, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Scott, Robert A., Magi, Reedik, Pare, Guillaume, and Franks, Paul W.
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (GxE) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (P-v), GxE interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (P-m). Correlations between P-v and P-m were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's rho = 0.401 for triglycerides, and rho = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When P-v and P-m were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's rho = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the P-v distribution (P-binomial < 0.05). SNPs from the top 1% of the P-m distribution for BMI had more significant P-v values (Pmann-Whitney = 1.46x10(-5)), and the odds ratio of SNPs with nominally significant (< 0.05) P-m and P-v was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.57) for BMI. Moreover, BMI SNPs with nominally significant GxE interaction P-values (Pint < 0.05) were enriched with nominally significant P-v values (P-binomial = 8.63x10(-9) and 8.52x10(-7) for SNP x smoking and SNP x physical activity, respectively). We conclude that some loci with strong marginal effects may be good candidates for GxE, and variance-based prioritization can be used to identify them.
Published: 2017
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16. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J F, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, and Loos, Ruth J F
Abstract: To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
Published: 2016
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17. Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

Author: Surendran, Praveen, Drenos, Fotios, Young, Robin, Warren, Helen, Cook, James P., Manning, Alisa K., Grarup, Niels, Sim, Xueling, Barnes, Daniel R., Witkowska, Kate, Staley, James R., Tragante, Vinicius, Tukiainen, Taru, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Masca, Nicholas, Freitag, Daniel F., Ferreira, Teresa, Giannakopoulou, Olga, Tinker, Andrew, Harakalova, Magdalena, Mihailov, Evelin, Liu, Chunyu, Kraja, Aldi T., Nielsen, Sune Fallgaard, Rasheed, Asif, Samue, Maria, Zhao, Wei, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Jackson, Anne U., Narisu, Narisu, Swift, Amy J., Southam, Lorraine, Marten, Jonathan, Huyghe, Jeroen R., Stancakova, Alena, Fava, Cristiano, Ohlsson, Therese, Matchan, Angela, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Gjesing, Anette P., Kontto, Jukka, Perola, Markus, Shaw-Hawkins, Susan, Havulinna, Aki S., Zhang, He, Donnelly, Louise A., Groves, Christopher J., Rayner, N. William, Neville, Matt J., Robertson, Neil R., Yiorkas, Andrianos M., Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Kajantie, Eero, Zhang, Weihua, Willems, Sara M., Lannfelt, Lars, Malerba, Giovanni, Soranzo, Nicole, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Verweij, Niek, Evangelou, Evangelos, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Nelson, Christopher P., Poveda, Alaitz, Varga, Tibor V., Caslake, Muriel, de Craen, Anton J. M., Trompet, Stella, Luan, Jian'an, Scott, Robert A., Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, David C. M., Marioni, Riccardo, Menni, Cristina, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Hallmans, Goran, Renstrom, Frida, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hassinen, Maija, Burgess, Stephen, Vasan, Ramachandran S., Felix, Janine F., Uria-Nickelsen, Maria, Malarstign, Anders, Reilly, Dermot F., Hoek, Maarten, Vogt, Thomas F., Lin, Honghuang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Traylor, Matthew, Markus, Hugh S., Highland, Heather M., Justice, Anne E., Marouli, Eirini, Lindstrom, Jaana, Uusitupa, Matti, Komulainen, Pirjo, Lakka, Timo A., Rauramaa, Rainer, Polasek, Ozren, Rudan, Igor, Rolandsson, Olov, Franks, Paul W., Dedoussis, George, Spector, Timothy D., Jousilahti, Pekka, Mannisto, Satu, Deary, Ian J., Starr, John M., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Brown, Morris J., Dominiczak, Anna F., Connell, John M., Jukema, J. Wouter, Sattar, Naveed, Ford, Ian, Packard, Chris J., Esko, Tonu, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, de Boer, Rudolf A., van der Meer, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Gambaro, Giovanni, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, de Bakker, Paul I. W., Numans, Mattijs E., Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Petersen, Eva R. B., Korpi-Hyovalti, Eeva, Oksa, Heikki, Chambers, John C., Kooner, Jaspal S., Blakemore, Alexandra I. F., Franks, Steve, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Husemoen, Lise L., Linneberg, Allan, Skaaby, Tea, Thuesen, Betina, Karpe, Fredrik, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Doney, Alex S. F., Morris, Andrew D., Palmer, Colin N. A., Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas, Hveem, Kristian, Willer, Cristen J., Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Groop, Leif, Karajamaki, AnneMari, Palotie, Aarno, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Alam, Dewan S., Majmnder, Abdulla Al Shafi, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Chowdhury, Rajiv, McCarthy, Mark I., Poulter, Neil, Stanton, Alice V., Sever, Peter, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Blankenberg, Stefan, Ferrieres, Jean, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Muller-Nurasyid, Martina, Veronesi, Giovanni, Virtamo, Jarmo, Deloukas, Panos, Elliott, Paul, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Porteous, David J., Hayward, Caroline, Scotland, Generation, Collins, Francis S., Mohlke, Karen L., Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Boehnke, Michael, Stringham, Heather M., Frossard, Philippe, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Tobin, Martin D., Nordestgaard, Borge Gronne, Caulfield, Mark J., Mahajan, Anubha, Morris, Andrew P., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Samani, Nilesh J., Saleheen, Danish, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Danesh, John, Wain, Louise V., Butterworth, Adam S., Howson, Joanna M. M., Munroe, Patricia B., Surendran, Praveen, Drenos, Fotios, Young, Robin, Warren, Helen, Cook, James P., Manning, Alisa K., Grarup, Niels, Sim, Xueling, Barnes, Daniel R., Witkowska, Kate, Staley, James R., Tragante, Vinicius, Tukiainen, Taru, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Masca, Nicholas, Freitag, Daniel F., Ferreira, Teresa, Giannakopoulou, Olga, Tinker, Andrew, Harakalova, Magdalena, Mihailov, Evelin, Liu, Chunyu, Kraja, Aldi T., Nielsen, Sune Fallgaard, Rasheed, Asif, Samue, Maria, Zhao, Wei, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Jackson, Anne U., Narisu, Narisu, Swift, Amy J., Southam, Lorraine, Marten, Jonathan, Huyghe, Jeroen R., Stancakova, Alena, Fava, Cristiano, Ohlsson, Therese, Matchan, Angela, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Gjesing, Anette P., Kontto, Jukka, Perola, Markus, Shaw-Hawkins, Susan, Havulinna, Aki S., Zhang, He, Donnelly, Louise A., Groves, Christopher J., Rayner, N. William, Neville, Matt J., Robertson, Neil R., Yiorkas, Andrianos M., Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Kajantie, Eero, Zhang, Weihua, Willems, Sara M., Lannfelt, Lars, Malerba, Giovanni, Soranzo, Nicole, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Verweij, Niek, Evangelou, Evangelos, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Nelson, Christopher P., Poveda, Alaitz, Varga, Tibor V., Caslake, Muriel, de Craen, Anton J. M., Trompet, Stella, Luan, Jian'an, Scott, Robert A., Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, David C. M., Marioni, Riccardo, Menni, Cristina, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Hallmans, Goran, Renstrom, Frida, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hassinen, Maija, Burgess, Stephen, Vasan, Ramachandran S., Felix, Janine F., Uria-Nickelsen, Maria, Malarstign, Anders, Reilly, Dermot F., Hoek, Maarten, Vogt, Thomas F., Lin, Honghuang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Traylor, Matthew, Markus, Hugh S., Highland, Heather M., Justice, Anne E., Marouli, Eirini, Lindstrom, Jaana, Uusitupa, Matti, Komulainen, Pirjo, Lakka, Timo A., Rauramaa, Rainer, Polasek, Ozren, Rudan, Igor, Rolandsson, Olov, Franks, Paul W., Dedoussis, George, Spector, Timothy D., Jousilahti, Pekka, Mannisto, Satu, Deary, Ian J., Starr, John M., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Brown, Morris J., Dominiczak, Anna F., Connell, John M., Jukema, J. Wouter, Sattar, Naveed, Ford, Ian, Packard, Chris J., Esko, Tonu, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, de Boer, Rudolf A., van der Meer, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Gambaro, Giovanni, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, de Bakker, Paul I. W., Numans, Mattijs E., Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Petersen, Eva R. B., Korpi-Hyovalti, Eeva, Oksa, Heikki, Chambers, John C., Kooner, Jaspal S., Blakemore, Alexandra I. F., Franks, Steve, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Husemoen, Lise L., Linneberg, Allan, Skaaby, Tea, Thuesen, Betina, Karpe, Fredrik, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Doney, Alex S. F., Morris, Andrew D., Palmer, Colin N. A., Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas, Hveem, Kristian, Willer, Cristen J., Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Groop, Leif, Karajamaki, AnneMari, Palotie, Aarno, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Alam, Dewan S., Majmnder, Abdulla Al Shafi, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Chowdhury, Rajiv, McCarthy, Mark I., Poulter, Neil, Stanton, Alice V., Sever, Peter, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Blankenberg, Stefan, Ferrieres, Jean, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Muller-Nurasyid, Martina, Veronesi, Giovanni, Virtamo, Jarmo, Deloukas, Panos, Elliott, Paul, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Porteous, David J., Hayward, Caroline, Scotland, Generation, Collins, Francis S., Mohlke, Karen L., Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Boehnke, Michael, Stringham, Heather M., Frossard, Philippe, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Tobin, Martin D., Nordestgaard, Borge Gronne, Caulfield, Mark J., Mahajan, Anubha, Morris, Andrew P., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Samani, Nilesh J., Saleheen, Danish, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Danesh, John, Wain, Louise V., Butterworth, Adam S., Howson, Joanna M. M., and Munroe, Patricia B.
Abstract: High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better understand the genetics of blood pressure, we genotyped 242,296 rare, low frequency and common genetic variants in up to 192,763 individuals and used similar to 155,063 samples for independent replication. We identified 30 new blood pressure- or hypertension-associated genetic regions in the general population, including 3 rare missense variants in RBM47, COL21A1 and RRAS with larger effects (>1.5 mm Hg/allele) than common variants. Multiple rare nonsense and missense variant associations were found in A2ML1, and a low-frequency nonsense variant in ENPEP was identified. Our data extend the spectrum of allelic variation underlying blood pressure traits and hypertension, provide new insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and indicate new targets for clinical intervention.
Published: 2016
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18. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J F, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, and Loos, Ruth J F
Abstract: To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
Published: 2016
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19. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J F, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, and Loos, Ruth J F
Abstract: To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
Published: 2016
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20. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J F, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, and Loos, Ruth J F
Abstract: To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
Published: 2016
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21. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J F, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R, Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L, Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W, Esko, Tõnu, Evans, David M, Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Åsa K, Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G, Iles, Mark M, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Mägi, Reedik, Perry, John R B, Pers, Tune H, Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna, Schmidt, Ellen M, Scott, William R, Shungin, Dmitry, Teumer, Alexander, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Walker, Ryan W, Westra, Harm-Jan, Zhang, Mingfeng, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhu, Zhihong, Afzal, Uzma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh, Bakker, Stephan J L, Bellis, Claire, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borodulin, Katja, Buchman, Aron S, Cederholm, Tommy, Choh, Audrey C, Choi, Hyung Jin, Curran, Joanne E, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, De Jager, Philip L, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A M, Enneman, Anke W, Eury, Elodie, Evans, Daniel S, Forsen, Tom, Friedrich, Nele, Fumeron, Frédéric, Garcia, Melissa E, Gärtner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W, Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lee, Christine G, Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stéphane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaëlsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A, Nielson, Carrie M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polašek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A, Shin, Chan Soo, Narančić, Nina Smolej, Spira, Dominik, Srikanth, Priya, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Sung, Yun Ju, Swart, Karin M A, Taittonen, Leena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Schoor, Natasja M, Verweij, Niek, Wright, Alan F, Yu, Lei, Zmuda, Joseph M, Eklund, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U, Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Männistö, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D, Ried, Janina S, Scott, Robert A, Stancáková, Alena, Wagner, Peter J, Demirkan, Ayse, Döring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P, Kühnel, Brigitte, Mangino, Massimo, Mcknight, Barbara, Menni, Cristina, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Oostra, Ben A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Song, Kijoung, Vandenput, Liesbeth, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vollenweider, Peter, White, Charles C, Boehnke, Michael, Boettcher, Yvonne, Cooper, Richard S, Forouhi, Nita G, Gieger, Christian, Grallert, Harald, Hingorani, Aroon, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Langenberg, Claudia, Linneberg, Allan, Luke, Amy, Mckenzie, Colin A, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Oluf, Peters, Annette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tayo, Bamidele O, Wareham, Nicholas J, Bennett, David A, Bertram, Lars, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Bouchard, Claude, Campbell, Harry, Cho, Nam H, Cummings, Steven R, Czerwinski, Stefan A, Demuth, Ilja, Eckardt, Rahel, Eriksson, Johan G, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franco, Oscar H, Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas, Heliövaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S, Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rice, Treva K, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Stumvoll, Michael, Tönjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J, Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, André G, van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F, Yengo, Loïc, Bishop, D Timothy, Borecki, Ingrid B, Chambers, John C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Dehghan, Abbas, Deloukas, Panos, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Fox, Caroline, Furey, Terrence S, Franke, Lude, Han, Jiali, Hunter, David J, Karjalainen, Juha, Karpe, Fredrik, Kaplan, Robert C, Kooner, Jaspal S, McCarthy, Mark I, Murabito, Joanne M, Morris, Andrew P, Bishop, Julia A N, North, Kari E, Ohlsson, Claes, Ong, Ken K, Prokopenko, Inga, Richards, J Brent, Schadt, Eric E, Spector, Tim D, Widén, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J, Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Oskari, and Loos, Ruth J F
Abstract: To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
Published: 2016
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22. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape : A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. 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Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age-and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to similar to 2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men <= 50y, men > 50y, women <= 50y, women > 50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR< 5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (< 50y) than in older adults (>= 50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may providefurther insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shap, Correction in: PLOS Genetics, Vol. 12, nr 6, s. e1006166DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006166
Published: 2015
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23. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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Duijn, Cornelia M, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy M, McCarthy, Mark I, Visscher, Peter M, Scherag, André, Willer, Cristen J, Boehnke, Michael, Mohlke, Karen L, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Beckmann, Jacques S, Barroso, Inês, North, Kari E, Ingelsson, Erik, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Loos, Ruth J F, and Speliotes, Elizabeth K
Abstract: Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals. This analysis identifies 97 BMI-associated loci (P < 5 × 10−8), 56 of which are novel. Five loci demonstrate clear evidence of several independent association signals, and many loci have significant effects on other metabolic phenotypes. The 97 loci account for ~2.7% of BMI variation, and genome-wide estimates suggest that common variation accounts for >20% of BMI variation. Pathway analyses provide strong support for a role of the central nervous system in obesity susceptibility and implicate new genes and pathways, including those related to synaptic function, glutamate signalling, insulin secretion/action, energy metabolism, lipid biology and adipogenesis., De fem sista författarna delar sistaförfattarskapet.
Published: 2015
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24. Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe

Author: Robinson, Matthew R., Hemani, Gibran, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Esko-, Tonu, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Justice, Anne E., Kahali, Bratati, Locke, Adam E., Pers, Tune H., Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., van Rheenen, Wouter, Andreassen, Ole A., Gasparini, Paolo, Metspalu, Andres, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Werge, Thomas M., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Chasman, Daniel I., de Geus, Eco J. C., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Ingelsson, Erik, Loos, Ruth J. F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., North, Kari E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., Robinson, Matthew R., Hemani, Gibran, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Esko-, Tonu, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Justice, Anne E., Kahali, Bratati, Locke, Adam E., Pers, Tune H., Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., van Rheenen, Wouter, Andreassen, Ole A., Gasparini, Paolo, Metspalu, Andres, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Werge, Thomas M., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Chasman, Daniel I., de Geus, Eco J. C., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Ingelsson, Erik, Loos, Ruth J. F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., North, Kari E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian, and Visscher, Peter M.
Abstract: Across-nation differences in the mean values for complex traits are common(1-8), but the reasons for these differences are unknown. Here we find that many independent loci contribute to population genetic differences in height and body mass index (BMI) in 9,416 individuals across 14 European countries. Using discovery data on over 250,000 individuals and unbiased effect size estimates from 17,500 sibling pairs, we estimate that 24% (95% credible interval (CI) = 9%, 41%) and 8% (95% CI = 4%, 16%) of the captured additive genetic variance for height and BMI, respectively, reflect population genetic differences. Population genetic divergence differed significantly from that in a null model (height, P < 3.94 x 10(-8); BMI, P < 5.95 x 10(-4)), and we find an among-population genetic correlation for tall and slender individuals (r = -0.80, 95% CI = -0.95, -0.60), consistent with correlated selection for both phenotypes. Observed differences in height among populations reflected the predicted genetic means (r = 0.51; P < 0.001), but environmental differences across Europe masked genetic differentiation for BMI (P < 0.58).
Published: 2015
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25. Gene-based meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies implicates new loci involved in obesity

Author: Hägg, Sara, Ganna, Andrea, Van Der Laan, Sander W, Esko, Tonu, Pers, Tune H, Locke, Adam E, Berndt, Sonja I, Justice, Anne E, Kahali, Bratati, Siemelink, Marten A, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Strachan, David P, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, North, Kari E, Loos, Ruth J F, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pawitan, Yudi, Ingelsson, Erik, Hägg, Sara, Ganna, Andrea, Van Der Laan, Sander W, Esko, Tonu, Pers, Tune H, Locke, Adam E, Berndt, Sonja I, Justice, Anne E, Kahali, Bratati, Siemelink, Marten A, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Strachan, David P, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, North, Kari E, Loos, Ruth J F, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Pawitan, Yudi, and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: To date, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified >100 loci with single variants associated with body mass index (BMI). This approach may miss loci with high allelic heterogeneity; therefore, the aim of the present study was to use gene-based meta-analysis to identify regions with high allelic heterogeneity to discover additional obesity susceptibility loci. We included GWAS data from 123 865 individuals of European descent from 46 cohorts in Stage 1 and Metabochip data from additional 103 046 individuals from 43 cohorts in Stage 2, all within the Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) consortium. Each cohort was tested for association between ∼2.4 million (Stage 1) or ∼200 000 (Stage 2) imputed or genotyped single variants and BMI, and summary statistics were subsequently meta-analyzed in 17 941 genes. We used the 'VErsatile Gene-based Association Study' (VEGAS) approach to assign variants to genes and to calculate gene-based P-values based on simulations. The VEGAS method was applied to each cohort separately before a gene-based meta-analysis was performed. In Stage 1, two known (FTO and TMEM18) and six novel (PEX2, MTFR2, SSFA2, IARS2, CEP295 and TXNDC12) loci were associated with BMI (P < 2.8 × 10(-6) for 17 941 gene tests). We confirmed all loci, and six of them were gene-wide significant in Stage 2 alone. We provide biological support for the loci by pathway, expression and methylation analyses. Our results indicate that gene-based meta-analysis of GWAS provides a useful strategy to find loci of interest that were not identified in standard single-marker analyses due to high allelic heterogeneity.
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26. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Ferreira, Teresa, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J, Pers, Tune H, Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M W, Buchkovich, Martin L, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Roman, Tamara S, Drong, Alexander W, Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltán, Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Karjalainen, Juha, Kahali, Bratati, Liu, Ching-Ti, Schmidt, Ellen M, Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B, Feitosa, Mary F, Goel, Anuj, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Toby, Kleber, Marcus E, Kristiansson, Kati, Mangino, Massimo, Mateo Leach, Irene, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peters, Marjolein J, Prokopenko, Inga, Stančáková, Alena, Ju 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Abstract: Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms.
Published: 2015
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27. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape : A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age-and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to similar to 2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men <= 50y, men > 50y, women <= 50y, women > 50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR< 5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (< 50y) than in older adults (>= 50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may providefurther insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shap, Correction in: PLOS Genetics, Vol. 12, nr 6, s. e1006166DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006166
Published: 2015
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28. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape : A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Dimitriou, Maria, Duan, Jubao, Enroth, Stefan, Eury, Elodie, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gejman, Pablo V., Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Go, Alan S., Gottesman, Omri, Graessler, Juergen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew T., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hovingh, Kees G., Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise L., Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Juonala, Markus, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Kinnunen, Leena, Kittner, Steven J., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kolcic, Ivana, Kovacs, Peter, Krarup, Nikolaj T., Kratzer, Wolfgang, Krueger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stephane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Magnusson, Patrik K., McArdle, Wendy L., Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Morris, Andrew P., Narisu, Narisu, Nelis, Mari, Ong, Ken K., Palotie, Aarno, Perusse, Louis, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Pouta, Anneli, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Richards, Marcus, Rice, Kenneth M., Rice, Treva K., Rivolta, Carlo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sebert, Sylvain, Sengupta, Sebanti, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Silveira, Angela, Slagboom, P. Eline, Smit, Jan H., Sparso, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Toenjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Voelker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, van Dijk, Suzanne C., van Schoor, Natasja M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. 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H., Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, Andre L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Voelzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Berndt, Sonja I., Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Groop, Leif C., Hunter, David J., Ingelsson, Erik, Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., North, Kari E., Borecki, Ingrid B., Kutalik, Zoltan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Dimitriou, Maria, Duan, Jubao, Enroth, Stefan, Eury, Elodie, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gejman, Pablo V., Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Go, Alan S., Gottesman, Omri, Graessler, Juergen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew T., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hovingh, Kees G., Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise L., Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Juonala, Markus, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Kinnunen, Leena, Kittner, Steven J., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kolcic, Ivana, Kovacs, Peter, Krarup, Nikolaj T., Kratzer, Wolfgang, Krueger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stephane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Magnusson, Patrik K., McArdle, Wendy L., Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Morris, Andrew P., Narisu, Narisu, Nelis, Mari, Ong, Ken K., Palotie, Aarno, Perusse, Louis, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Pouta, Anneli, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Richards, Marcus, Rice, Kenneth M., Rice, Treva K., Rivolta, Carlo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sebert, Sylvain, Sengupta, Sebanti, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Silveira, Angela, Slagboom, P. Eline, Smit, Jan H., Sparso, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Toenjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Voelker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, van Dijk, Suzanne C., van Schoor, Natasja M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Beckmann, Jacques S., Beilby, John, Bennett, David A., Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Boeger, Carsten A., Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bornstein, Stefan R., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C., Chanock, Stephen J., Chasman, Daniel I., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Evans, Denis A., de Faire, Ulf, Farrall, Martin, Ferrucci, Luigi, Ford, Ian, Franke, Lude, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T., Gieger, Christian, Gronberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliovaara, Markku, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hofman, Albert, Hu, Frank, Huikuri, Heikki V., Hveem, Kristian, James, Alan L., Jordan, Joanne M., Jula, Antti, Kaehoenen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kivimaki, Mika, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kuusisto, Johanna, Maerz, Winfried, Martin, Nicholas G., Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mantyselka, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Lyle J., Pankow, James S., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Nancy L., Pedersen, Oluf, Penninx, Brenda W., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Quertermous, Thomas, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, den Ruijter, Hester M., Saltevo, Juha, Sattar, Naveed, Schunkert, Heribert, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, Andre L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Voelzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Berndt, Sonja I., Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Groop, Leif C., Hunter, David J., Ingelsson, Erik, Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., North, Kari E., Borecki, Ingrid B., Kutalik, Zoltan, and Loos, Ruth J. F.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age-and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to similar to 2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men <= 50y, men > 50y, women <= 50y, women > 50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR< 5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (< 50y) than in older adults (>= 50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may providefurther insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shap, Funding:Funding for this study was provided by the Aarne Koskelo Foundation; the Aase and Ejner Danielsens Foundation; the Academy of Finland (40758, 41071, 77299, 102318, 104781, 117787, 117844, 118590, 120315, 121584, 123885, 124243, 124282, 126925, 129269, 129293, 129378, 130326, 134309, 134791, 136895, 139635, 211497, 263836, 263924, 1114194, 24300796); the Agency for Health Care Policy Research (HS06516); the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore (A*STAR); the Ahokas Foundation; the ALF/LUA research grant in Gothenburg; the ALK-Abello A/S (Horsholm, Denmark), Timber Merchant Vilhelm Bangs Foundation, MEKOS Laboratories Denmark; the Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament); the American Heart Association (AHA; 13POST16500011); the ANR ("Agence Nationale de la 359 Recherche"); the Ark (NHMRC Enabling Facility); the Arthritis Research UK (19542, 18030); the AstraZeneca; the Augustinus Foundation; the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 241944, 389875, 389891, 389892, 389938, 442915, 442981, 496739, 496688, 552485, 613672, 613601 and 1011506); the Australian Research Council (ARC; DP0770096 and DP1093502); the Becket Foundation; the bi-national BMBF/ANR funded project CARDomics (01KU0908A); the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRINL; 184.021.007, CP 32); the Biocentrum Helsinki; the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation; the British Heart Foundation (RG/10/12/28456, SP/04/ 002); the Canadian Institutes for Health Reseaerch (FRCN-CCT-83028); the Cancer Research UK (C490/A10124, C490/A10119); the Center for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB; NWO Genomics); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Association of Schools of Public Health (1734, S043, S3486); the Centre of Excellence Baden-Wurttemberg Metabolic Disorders; the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government; the Clinical Research Facility at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; the Contrat de Projets Etat-Region (
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29. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape : A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Dimitriou, Maria, Duan, Jubao, Enroth, Stefan, Eury, Elodie, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gejman, Pablo V., Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Go, Alan S., Gottesman, Omri, Graessler, Juergen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew T., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hovingh, Kees G., Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise L., Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Juonala, Markus, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Kinnunen, Leena, Kittner, Steven J., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kolcic, Ivana, Kovacs, Peter, Krarup, Nikolaj T., Kratzer, Wolfgang, Krueger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stephane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Magnusson, Patrik K., McArdle, Wendy L., Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Morris, Andrew P., Narisu, Narisu, Nelis, Mari, Ong, Ken K., Palotie, Aarno, Perusse, Louis, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Pouta, Anneli, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Richards, Marcus, Rice, Kenneth M., Rice, Treva K., Rivolta, Carlo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sebert, Sylvain, Sengupta, Sebanti, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Silveira, Angela, Slagboom, P. Eline, Smit, Jan H., Sparso, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Toenjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Voelker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, van Dijk, Suzanne C., van Schoor, Natasja M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Beckmann, Jacques S., Beilby, John, Bennett, David A., Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Boeger, Carsten A., Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bornstein, Stefan R., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C., Chanock, Stephen J., Chasman, Daniel I., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Evans, Denis A., de Faire, Ulf, Farrall, Martin, Ferrucci, Luigi, Ford, Ian, Franke, Lude, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T., Gieger, Christian, Gronberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliovaara, Markku, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hofman, Albert, Hu, Frank, Huikuri, Heikki V., Hveem, Kristian, James, Alan L., Jordan, Joanne M., Jula, Antti, Kaehoenen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kivimaki, Mika, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kuusisto, Johanna, Maerz, Winfried, Martin, Nicholas G., Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mantyselka, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Lyle J., Pankow, James S., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Nancy L., Pedersen, Oluf, Penninx, Brenda W., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Quertermous, Thomas, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, den Ruijter, Hester M., Saltevo, Juha, Sattar, Naveed, Schunkert, Heribert, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, Andre L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Voelzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Berndt, Sonja I., Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Groop, Leif C., Hunter, David J., Ingelsson, Erik, Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., North, Kari E., Borecki, Ingrid B., Kutalik, Zoltan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Dimitriou, Maria, Duan, Jubao, Enroth, Stefan, Eury, Elodie, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gejman, Pablo V., Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Go, Alan S., Gottesman, Omri, Graessler, Juergen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew T., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hovingh, Kees G., Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise L., Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Juonala, Markus, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Kinnunen, Leena, Kittner, Steven J., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kolcic, Ivana, Kovacs, Peter, Krarup, Nikolaj T., Kratzer, Wolfgang, Krueger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stephane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Magnusson, Patrik K., McArdle, Wendy L., Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Morris, Andrew P., Narisu, Narisu, Nelis, Mari, Ong, Ken K., Palotie, Aarno, Perusse, Louis, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Pouta, Anneli, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Richards, Marcus, Rice, Kenneth M., Rice, Treva K., Rivolta, Carlo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sebert, Sylvain, Sengupta, Sebanti, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Silveira, Angela, Slagboom, P. Eline, Smit, Jan H., Sparso, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Toenjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Voelker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, van Dijk, Suzanne C., van Schoor, Natasja M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. 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M., Kivimaki, Mika, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kuusisto, Johanna, Maerz, Winfried, Martin, Nicholas G., Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mantyselka, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Lyle J., Pankow, James S., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Nancy L., Pedersen, Oluf, Penninx, Brenda W., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Quertermous, Thomas, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, den Ruijter, Hester M., Saltevo, Juha, Sattar, Naveed, Schunkert, Heribert, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, Andre L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Voelzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Berndt, Sonja I., Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Groop, Leif C., Hunter, David J., Ingelsson, Erik, Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., North, Kari E., Borecki, Ingrid B., Kutalik, Zoltan, and Loos, Ruth J. F.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age-and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to similar to 2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men <= 50y, men > 50y, women <= 50y, women > 50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR< 5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (< 50y) than in older adults (>= 50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may providefurther insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shap, Correction in: PLOS Genetics, Vol. 12, nr 6, s. e1006166DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006166
Published: 2015
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30. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape : A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Bonnet, Fabrice, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buchman, Aron S., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter S., Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cole, John, Collins, Francis S., de Geus, Eco J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Dimitriou, Maria, Duan, Jubao, Enroth, Stefan, Eury, Elodie, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gejman, Pablo V., Gigante, Bruna, Glorioso, Nicola, Go, Alan S., Gottesman, Omri, Graessler, Juergen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C., Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew T., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hovingh, Kees G., Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise L., Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jorgensen, Torben, Jukema, J. Wouter, Juonala, Markus, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Kinnunen, Leena, Kittner, Steven J., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kolcic, Ivana, Kovacs, Peter, Krarup, Nikolaj T., Kratzer, Wolfgang, Krueger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stephane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Magnusson, Patrik K., McArdle, Wendy L., Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Morris, Andrew P., Narisu, Narisu, Nelis, Mari, Ong, Ken K., Palotie, Aarno, Perusse, Louis, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Pouta, Anneli, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Richards, Marcus, Rice, Kenneth M., Rice, Treva K., Rivolta, Carlo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sebert, Sylvain, Sengupta, Sebanti, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Silveira, Angela, Slagboom, P. Eline, Smit, Jan H., Sparso, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Toenjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Voelker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, van Dijk, Suzanne C., van Schoor, Natasja M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Beckmann, Jacques S., Beilby, John, Bennett, David A., Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Boeger, Carsten A., Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bornstein, Stefan R., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C., Chanock, Stephen J., Chasman, Daniel I., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Evans, Denis A., de Faire, Ulf, Farrall, Martin, Ferrucci, Luigi, Ford, Ian, Franke, Lude, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gansevoort, Ron T., Gieger, Christian, Gronberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliovaara, Markku, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hofman, Albert, Hu, Frank, Huikuri, Heikki V., Hveem, Kristian, James, Alan L., Jordan, Joanne M., Jula, Antti, Kaehoenen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kivimaki, Mika, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kuusisto, Johanna, Maerz, Winfried, Martin, Nicholas G., Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mantyselka, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Lyle J., Pankow, James S., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Pedersen, Nancy L., Pedersen, Oluf, Penninx, Brenda W., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Quertermous, Thomas, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, den Ruijter, Hester M., Saltevo, Juha, Sattar, Naveed, Schunkert, Heribert, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, Andre L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Voelzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Berndt, Sonja I., Boehnke, Michael, Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Groop, Leif C., Hunter, David J., Ingelsson, Erik, Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., North, Kari E., Borecki, Ingrid B., Kutalik, Zoltan, Loos, Ruth J. F., Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Magi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rueeger, Sina, Teumer, Alexander, Ehret, Georg B., Ferreira, Teresa, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Karjalainen, Juha, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mahajan, Anubha, Neinast, Michael D., Prokopenko, Inga, Simino, Jeannette, Teslovich, Tanya M., Jansen, Rick, Westra, Harm-Jan, White, Charles C., Absher, Devin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ahmad, Shafqat, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., de Craen, Anton J. M., Bis, Joshua C., Bonnefond, Amelie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Dueker, Nicole, Eklund, Niina, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Joel, Feenstra, Bjarke, Fischer, Krista, Frau, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel E., Geller, Frank, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Grammer, Tanja B., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haitjema, Saskia, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jackson, Anne U., Jacobs, Kevin B., Johansson, Åsa, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A. F., Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Montasser, May E., Mueller, Gabriele, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stancakova, Alena, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strawbridge, Rona J., Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tanaka, Toshiko, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Trompet, Stella, Pervjakova, Natalia, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Vandenput, Liesbeth, van der Laan, Sander W., van der Velde, Nathalie, van Setten, Jessica, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Verweij, Niek, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Sophie R., Wang, Zhaoming, Wild, Sarah H., Willenborg, Christina, Wilson, James F., Wong, Andrew, Yang, Jian, Yengo, Loic, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A., Bakker, Stephan J. 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Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age-and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to similar to 2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men <= 50y, men > 50y, women <= 50y, women > 50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR< 5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (< 50y) than in older adults (>= 50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may providefurther insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shap, Funding:Funding for this study was provided by the Aarne Koskelo Foundation; the Aase and Ejner Danielsens Foundation; the Academy of Finland (40758, 41071, 77299, 102318, 104781, 117787, 117844, 118590, 120315, 121584, 123885, 124243, 124282, 126925, 129269, 129293, 129378, 130326, 134309, 134791, 136895, 139635, 211497, 263836, 263924, 1114194, 24300796); the Agency for Health Care Policy Research (HS06516); the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore (A*STAR); the Ahokas Foundation; the ALF/LUA research grant in Gothenburg; the ALK-Abello A/S (Horsholm, Denmark), Timber Merchant Vilhelm Bangs Foundation, MEKOS Laboratories Denmark; the Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament); the American Heart Association (AHA; 13POST16500011); the ANR ("Agence Nationale de la 359 Recherche"); the Ark (NHMRC Enabling Facility); the Arthritis Research UK (19542, 18030); the AstraZeneca; the Augustinus Foundation; the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 241944, 389875, 389891, 389892, 389938, 442915, 442981, 496739, 496688, 552485, 613672, 613601 and 1011506); the Australian Research Council (ARC; DP0770096 and DP1093502); the Becket Foundation; the bi-national BMBF/ANR funded project CARDomics (01KU0908A); the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRINL; 184.021.007, CP 32); the Biocentrum Helsinki; the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation; the British Heart Foundation (RG/10/12/28456, SP/04/ 002); the Canadian Institutes for Health Reseaerch (FRCN-CCT-83028); the Cancer Research UK (C490/A10124, C490/A10119); the Center for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB; NWO Genomics); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Association of Schools of Public Health (1734, S043, S3486); the Centre of Excellence Baden-Wurttemberg Metabolic Disorders; the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government; the Clinical Research Facility at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; the Contrat de Projets Etat-Region (
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31. Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

Author: Wood, Andrew R, Esko, Tonu, Yang, Jian, Vedantam, Sailaja, Pers, Tune H, Gustafsson, Stefan, Chu, Audrey Y, Estrada, Karol, Luan, Jian'an, Kutalik, Zoltán, Amin, Najaf, Buchkovich, Martin L, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Day, Felix R, Duan, Yanan, Fall, Tove, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Ferreira, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Karjalainen, Juha, Lo, Ken Sin, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Porcu, Eleonora, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E, Westra, Harm-Jan, Winkler, Thomas W, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Albrecht, Eva, Anderson, Denise, Baron, Jeffrey, Beekman, Marian, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Fischer, Krista, Fraser, Ross M, Goel, Anuj, Gong, Jian, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E, Kristiansson, Kati, Lim, Unhee, Lotay, Vaneet, Lui, Julian C, Mangino, Massimo, Leach, Irene Mateo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Nalls, Michael A, Nyholt, Dale R, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Prokopenko, Inga, Ried, Janina S, Ripke, Stephan, Shungin, Dmitry, Stancáková, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J, Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W, van Setten, Jessica, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Wang, Zhaoming, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Afzal, Uzma, Arnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J, Berne, Christian, Blüher, Matthias, Bolton, Jennifer L, Böttcher, Yvonne, Boyd, Heather A, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buckley, Brendan M, Buyske, Steven, Caspersen, Ida H, Chines, Peter S, Clarke, Robert, Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cooper, Matthew, Daw, E Warwick, De Jong, Pim A, Deelen, Joris, Delgado, Graciela, Denny, Josh C, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie, Dimitriou, Maria, Doney, Alex S F, Dörr, Marcus, Eklund, Niina, Eury, Elodie, Folkersen, Lasse, Garcia, Melissa E, Geller, Frank, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Go, Alan S, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B, 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Zhang, Qunyuan, Arveiler, Dominique, Bakker, Stephan J L, Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bovet, Pascal, Brambilla, Paolo, Brown, Morris J, Campbell, Harry, Caulfield, Mark J, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Collins, Rory, Collins, Francis S, Crawford, Dana C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, den Ruijter, Hester M, Erbel, Raimund, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G, Farrall, Martin, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrières, Jean, Ford, Ian, Forouhi, Nita G, Forrester, Terrence, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Golay, Alain, Gottesman, Omri, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Haas, David W, Hall, Alistair S, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Heath, Andrew C, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A, Hindorff, Lucia A, Hingorani, Aroon D, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, G Kees, Humphries, Steve E, Hunt, Steven C, Hypponen, Elina, Jacobs, Kevin B, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, 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Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stolk, Ronald P, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tremoli, Elena, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Assimes, Themistocles L, Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bouchard, Claude, Cauchi, Stéphane, Chambers, John C, Chanock, Stephen J, Cooper, Richard S, de Bakker, Paul I W, Dedoussis, George, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W, Froguel, Philippe, Groop, Leif C, Haiman, Christopher A, Hamsten, Anders, Hayes, M Geoffrey, Hui, Jennie, Hunter, David J, Hveem, Kristian, Jukema, J Wouter, Kaplan, Robert C, Kivimaki, Mika, Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Liu, Yongmei, Martin, Nicholas G, März, Winfried, Melbye, Mads, Moebus, Susanne, Munroe, Patricia B, Njølstad, Inger, Oostra, Ben A, Palmer, Colin N A, Pedersen, Nancy L, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Peters, Ulrike, Powell, Joseph E, Power, Chris, Quertermous, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reinmaa, Eva, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I, Saaristo, Timo E, Saleheen, Danish, Schlessinger, David, Slagboom, P Eline, Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D, Strauch, Konstantin, Stumvoll, Michael, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F, Zanen, Pieter, Deloukas, Panos, Heid, Iris M, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Mohlke, Karen L, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Barroso, Inês, Fox, Caroline S, North, Kari E, Strachan, David P, Beckmann, Jacques S, Berndt, Sonja I, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, McCarthy, Mark I, Metspalu, Andres, Stefansson, Kari, Uitterlinden, André G, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Franke, Lude, Willer, Cristen J, Price, Alkes L, Lettre, Guillaume, Loos, Ruth J F, Weedon, Michael N, Ingelsson, Erik, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Chasman, Daniel I, Goddard, Michael E, Visscher, Peter M, Hirschhorn, Joel N, and Frayling, Timothy M
Abstract: Using genome-wide data from 253,288 individuals, we identified 697 variants at genome-wide significance that together explained one-fifth of the heritability for adult height. By testing different numbers of variants in independent studies, we show that the most strongly associated ∼2,000, ∼3,700 and ∼9,500 SNPs explained ∼21%, ∼24% and ∼29% of phenotypic variance. Furthermore, all common variants together captured 60% of heritability. The 697 variants clustered in 423 loci were enriched for genes, pathways and tissue types known to be involved in growth and together implicated genes and pathways not highlighted in earlier efforts, such as signaling by fibroblast growth factors, WNT/β-catenin and chondroitin sulfate-related genes. We identified several genes and pathways not previously connected with human skeletal growth, including mTOR, osteoglycin and binding of hyaluronic acid. Our results indicate a genetic architecture for human height that is characterized by a very large but finite number (thousands) of causal variants.
Published: 2014
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32. Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Day, Felix R., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Wood, Andrew R., Locke, Adam E., Maegi, Reedik, Ferreira, Teresa, Fall, Tove, Graff, Mariaelisa, Justice, Anne E., Luan, Jian'an, Gustafsson, Stefan, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Scherag, Andre, Esko, Tonu, Kutalik, Zoltan, Heid, Iris M., Loos, Ruth J. F., Winkler, Thomas W., Day, Felix R., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Wood, Andrew R., Locke, Adam E., Maegi, Reedik, Ferreira, Teresa, Fall, Tove, Graff, Mariaelisa, Justice, Anne E., Luan, Jian'an, Gustafsson, Stefan, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Scherag, Andre, Esko, Tonu, Kutalik, Zoltan, Heid, Iris M., and Loos, Ruth J. F.
Abstract: Rigorous organization and quality control (QC) are necessary to facilitate successful genome-wide association meta-analyses (GWAMAs) of statistics aggregated across multiple genome-wide association studies. This protocol provides guidelines for (i) organizational aspects of GWAMAs, and for (ii) QC at the study file level, the meta- level across studies and the meta-analysis output level. Real-world examples highlight issues experienced and solutions developed by the GIANT Consortium that has conducted meta-analyses including data from 125 studies comprising more than 330,000 individuals. We provide a general protocol for conducting GWAMAs and carrying out QC to minimize errors and to guarantee maximum use of the data. We also include details for the use of a powerful and flexible software package called EasyQC. Precise timings will be greatly influenced by consortium size. For consortia of comparable size to the GIANT Consortium, this protocol takes a minimum of about 10 months to complete.
Published: 2014
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33. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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34. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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35. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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36. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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37. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Tonjes, Anke, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Vollenweider, Peter, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Ines, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy, Groop, Leif C., Haritunian, Talin, Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David, Kaplan, Robert C., Karpe, Fredrik, Moffatt, Miriam F., Mohlke, Karen L., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Pawitan, Yudi, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Strachan, David P., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Visscher, Peter M., Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Morris, Andrew P., Meyre, David, Scherag, Andr, McCarthy, Mark I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., North, Kari E., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Ingelsson, Erik
Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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38. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author: Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Yang, Jian, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Cadby, Gemma, den Heijer, Martin, Eklund, Niina, Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Jarick, Ivonne, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Inke R., Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltn, Lamina, Claudia, Lecoeur, Cecile, Li, Guo, Mangino, Massimo, McArdle, Wendy L., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ngwa, Julius S., Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Perola, Markus, Peters, Marjolein J., Preuss, Michael, Rose, Lynda M., Shi, Jianxin, Shungin, Dmitry, Smith, Albert Vernon, Strawbridge, Rona J., Surakka, Ida, Teumer, Alexander, Trip, Mieke D., Tyrer, Jonathan, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Waite, Lindsay L., Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Atalay, Mustafa, Attwood, Antony P., Balmforth, Anthony J., Basart, Hanneke, Beilby, John, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Brambilla, Paolo, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., Cookson, William O., de Faire, Ulf, de Vegt, Femmie, Dei, Mariano, Dimitriou, Maria, Edkins, Sarah, Estrada, Karol, Evans, David M., Farrall, Martin, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Franke, Lude, Frau, Francesca, Gejman, Pablo V., Grallert, Harald, Groenberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hall, Alistair S., Hall, Per, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heath, Andrew C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Homuth, Georg, Hu, Frank B., Hunt, Sarah E., Hyppoenen, Elina, Iribarren, Carlos, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jansson, John-Olov, Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kivimaki, Mika, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laitinen, Jaana H., Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Liu, Jianjun, Liuzzi, Antonio, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lorentzon, Mattias, Madden, Pamela A., Magnusson, Patrik K., Manunta, Paolo, Marek, Diana, März, Winfried, Leach, Irene Mateo, McKnight, Barbara, Medland, Sarah E., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mooser, Vincent, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Munroe, Patricia B., Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Navis, Gerjan, Nicholson, George, Nohr, Ellen A., Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Palotie, Aarno, Peden, John F., Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pouta, Anneli, Pramstaller, Peter P., Prokopenko, Inga, Puetter, Carolin, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Raitakari, Olli, Rendon, Augusto, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Saaristo, Timo E., Sambrook, Jennifer G., Sanders, Alan R., Sanna, Serena, Saramies, Jouko, Schipf, Sabine, Schreiber, Stefan, Schunkert, Heribert, Shin, So-Youn, Signorini, Stefano, Sinisalo, Juha, Skrobek, Boris, Soranzo, Nicole, Stancakova, Alena, Stark, Klaus, Stephens, Jonathan C., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stumvoll, Michael, Swift, Amy J., Theodoraki, Eirini V., Thorand, Barbara, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tremoli, Elena, Van der Klauw, Melanie M., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vitart, Veronique, Waeber, Gerard, Wang, Zhaoming, Widen, Elisabeth, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Winkelmann, Bernhard R., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zillikens, M. Carola, Amouyel, Philippe, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caulfield, Mark J., Chanock, Stephen J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Cusi, Daniele, Dedoussis, George V., Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Gieger, Christian, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Hingorani, Aroon, Hinney, Anke, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, Kees G., Hveem, Kristian, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Morris, Andrew D., Nieminen, Markku S., Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ouwehand, Willem H., Palmer, Lyle J., Penninx, Brenda, Power, Chris, Province, Michael A., Psaty, Bruce M., Qi, Lu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Ridker, Paul M., Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Snieder, Harold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. 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Abstract: Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
Published: 2013
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