1. Clear detection of ADIPOQ locus as the major gene for plasma adiponectin: Results of genome-wide association analyses including 4659 European individuals
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Heid, I.M. (Iris), Henneman, P. (Peter), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Coassin, S. (Stefan), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas), Aulchenko, Y.S. (Yurii), Fuchsberger, C. (Christian), Song, K. (Kijoung), Hivert, M.-F. (Marie-France), Waterworth, D. (Dawn), Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Richards, J.B. (Brent), Perry, J.R.B. (John), Tanaka, T. (Toshiko), Amin, N. (Najaf), Kollerits, B. (Barbara), Pichler, I. (Irene), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Thorand, B. (Barbara), Frants, R.R. (Rune), Illig, T. (Thomas), Dupuis, J. (Josée), Glaser, B. (Beate), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Guralnik, J.M. (Jack), Egan, J.M. (Josephine), Florez, J.C. (Jose), Evans, D.M. (David), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Bandinelli, S. (Stefania), Carlson, O.D. (Olga), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Burling, K.A. (Keith), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Mooser, V. (Vincent), Ferrucci, L. (Luigi), Meigs, J.B. (James), Vollenweider, P. (Peter), Dijk, K.W.v., Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Kronenberg, F. (Florian), Tikka-Kleemola, P. (Päivi), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Henneman, P. (Peter), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Coassin, S. (Stefan), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas), Aulchenko, Y.S. (Yurii), Fuchsberger, C. (Christian), Song, K. (Kijoung), Hivert, M.-F. (Marie-France), Waterworth, D. (Dawn), Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Richards, J.B. (Brent), Perry, J.R.B. (John), Tanaka, T. (Toshiko), Amin, N. (Najaf), Kollerits, B. (Barbara), Pichler, I. (Irene), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Thorand, B. (Barbara), Frants, R.R. (Rune), Illig, T. (Thomas), Dupuis, J. (Josée), Glaser, B. (Beate), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Guralnik, J.M. (Jack), Egan, J.M. (Josephine), Florez, J.C. (Jose), Evans, D.M. (David), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Bandinelli, S. (Stefania), Carlson, O.D. (Olga), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Burling, K.A. (Keith), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Mooser, V. (Vincent), Ferrucci, L. (Luigi), Meigs, J.B. (James), Vollenweider, P. (Peter), Dijk, K.W.v., Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Kronenberg, F. (Florian), and Tikka-Kleemola, P. (Päivi)
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Objective: Plasma adiponectin is strongly associated with various components of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular outcomes. Concentrations are highly heritable and differ between men and women. We therefore aimed to investigate the genetics of plasma adiponectin in men and women. Methods: We combined genome-wide association scans of three population-based studies including 4659 persons. For the replication stage in 13795 subjects, we selected the 20 top signals of the combined analysis, as well as the 10 top signals with p-values less than 1.0 × 10-4for each the men- and the women-specific analyses. We further selected 73 SNPs that were consistently associated with metabolic syndrome parameters in previous genome-wide association studies to check for their association wit
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- 2010
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