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3. Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits.

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Wojcik, Genevieve L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Nishimura, Katherine K, Tao, Ran, Haessler, Jeffrey, Gignoux, Christopher R, Highland, Heather M, Patel, Yesha M, Sorokin, Elena P, Avery, Christy L, Belbin, Gillian M, Bien, Stephanie A, Cheng, Iona, Cullina, Sinead, Hodonsky, Chani J, Hu, Yao, Huckins, Laura M, Jeff, Janina, Justice, Anne E, Kocarnik, Jonathan M, Lim, Unhee, Lin, Bridget M, Lu, Yingchang, Nelson, Sarah C, Park, Sung-Shim L, Poisner, Hannah, Preuss, Michael H, Richard, Melissa A, Schurmann, Claudia, Setiawan, Veronica W, Sockell, Alexandra, Vahi, Karan, Verbanck, Marie, Vishnu, Abhishek, Walker, Ryan W, Young, Kristin L, Zubair, Niha, Acuña-Alonso, Victor, Ambite, Jose Luis, Barnes, Kathleen C, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bustamante, Carlos D, Caberto, Christian, Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel, Conomos, Matthew P, Deelman, Ewa, Do, Ron, Doheny, Kimberly, Fernández-Rhodes, Lindsay, Fornage, Myriam, Hailu, Benyam, Heiss, Gerardo, Henn, Brenna M, Hindorff, Lucia A, Jackson, Rebecca D, Laurie, Cecelia A, Laurie, Cathy C, Li, Yuqing, Lin, Dan-Yu, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Nadkarni, Girish, Norman, Paul J, Pooler, Loreall C, Reiner, Alexander P, Romm, Jane, Sabatti, Chiara, Sandoval, Karla, Sheng, Xin, Stahl, Eli A, Stram, Daniel O, Thornton, Timothy A, Wassel, Christina L, Wilkens, Lynne R, Winkler, Cheryl A, Yoneyama, Sachi, Buyske, Steven, Haiman, Christopher A, Kooperberg, Charles, Le Marchand, Loic, Loos, Ruth JF, Matise, Tara C, North, Kari E, Peters, Ulrike, Kenny, Eimear E, and Carlson, Christopher S

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Humans, Body Height, Cohort Studies, Genetics, Medical, Multifactorial Inheritance, Minority Groups, African Continental Ancestry Group, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Hispanic Americans, Women's Health, United States, Female, Male, Health Status Disparities, Genome-Wide Association Study, Health Equity, Genetics, Medical, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have laid the foundation for investigations into the biology of complex traits, drug development and clinical guidelines. However, the majority of discovery efforts are based on data from populations of European ancestry1-3. In light of the differential genetic architecture that is known to exist between populations, bias in representation can exacerbate existing disease and healthcare disparities. Critical variants may be missed if they have a low frequency or are completely absent in European populations, especially as the field shifts its attention towards rare variants, which are more likely to be population-specific4-10. Additionally, effect sizes and their derived risk prediction scores derived in one population may not accurately extrapolate to other populations11,12. Here we demonstrate the value of diverse, multi-ethnic participants in large-scale genomic studies. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study conducted a GWAS of 26 clinical and behavioural phenotypes in 49,839 non-European individuals. Using strategies tailored for analysis of multi-ethnic and admixed populations, we describe a framework for analysing diverse populations, identify 27 novel loci and 38 secondary signals at known loci, as well as replicate 1,444 GWAS catalogue associations across these traits. Our data show evidence of effect-size heterogeneity across ancestries for published GWAS associations, substantial benefits for fine-mapping using diverse cohorts and insights into clinical implications. In the United States-where minority populations have a disproportionately higher burden of chronic conditions13-the lack of representation of diverse populations in genetic research will result in inequitable access to precision medicine for those with the highest burden of disease. We strongly advocate for continued, large genome-wide efforts in diverse populations to maximize genetic discovery and reduce health disparities.

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2019

6. PFAS Exposures and the Human Metabolome:A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies

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India-Aldana, Sandra, Yao, Meizhen, Midya, Vishal, Colicino, Elena, Chatzi, Leda, Chu, Jaime, Gennings, Chris, Jones, Dean P., Loos, Ruth J.F., Setiawan, Veronica W., Smith, Mathew Ryan, Walker, Ryan W., Barupal, Dinesh, Walker, Douglas I., Valvi, Damaskini, India-Aldana, Sandra, Yao, Meizhen, Midya, Vishal, Colicino, Elena, Chatzi, Leda, Chu, Jaime, Gennings, Chris, Jones, Dean P., Loos, Ruth J.F., Setiawan, Veronica W., Smith, Mathew Ryan, Walker, Ryan W., Barupal, Dinesh, Walker, Douglas I., and Valvi, Damaskini

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Purpose of Review: There is a growing interest in understanding the health effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through the study of the human metabolome. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify consistent findings between PFAS and metabolomic signatures. We conducted a search matching specific keywords that was independently reviewed by two authors on two databases (EMBASE and PubMed) from their inception through July 19, 2022 following PRISMA guidelines. Recent Findings: We identified a total of 28 eligible observational studies that evaluated the associations between 31 different PFAS exposures and metabolomics in humans. The most common exposure evaluated was legacy long-chain PFAS. Population sample sizes ranged from 40 to 1,105 participants at different stages across the lifespan. A total of 19 studies used a non-targeted metabolomics approach, 7 used targeted approaches, and 2 included both. The majority of studies were cross-sectional (n = 25), including four with prospective analyses of PFAS measured prior to metabolomics. Summary: Most frequently reported associations across studies were observed between PFAS and amino acids, fatty acids, glycerophospholipids, glycerolipids, phosphosphingolipids, bile acids, ceramides, purines, and acylcarnitines. Corresponding metabolic pathways were also altered, including lipid, amino acid, carbohydrate, nucleotide, energy metabolism, glycan biosynthesis and metabolism, and metabolism of cofactors and vitamins. We found consistent evidence across studies indicating PFAS-induced alterations in lipid and amino acid metabolites, which may be involved in energy and cell membrane disruption.

Published
2023

9. High Fructose Intake Contributes to Elevated Diastolic Blood Pressure in Adolescent Girls: Results from The HELENA Study

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Béghin, Laurent, primary, Huybrechts, Inge, additional, Drumez, Elodie, additional, Kersting, Mathilde, additional, Walker, Ryan W, additional, Kafatos, Anthony, additional, Molnar, Denes, additional, Manios, Yannis, additional, Moreno, Luis A, additional, De Henauw, Stefaan, additional, and Gottrand, Frédéric, additional

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2021
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12. A common variant in PNPLA3 is associated with age at diagnosis of NAFLD in patients from a multi-ethnic biobank

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Walker, Ryan W., primary, Belbin, Gillian M., additional, Sorokin, Elena P., additional, Van Vleck, Tielman, additional, Wojcik, Genevieve L., additional, Moscati, Arden, additional, Gignoux, Christopher R., additional, Cho, Judy, additional, Abul-Husn, Noura S., additional, Nadkarni, Girish, additional, Kenny, Eimear E., additional, and Loos, Ruth J.F., additional

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2020
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13. Increased hepatic fat in overweight Hispanic youth influenced by interaction between genetic variation in PNPLA3 and high dietary carbohydrate and sugar consumption

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Davis, Jaimie N., Le, Kim-Anne, Walker, Ryan W., Vikman, Susanna, Spruijt-Metz, Donna, Weigensberg, Marc J., Allayee, Hooman, and Goran, Michael I.

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Obesity in adolescence -- Research, Obesity in adolescence -- Genetic aspects, Genotype -- Analysis, Genotype -- Physiological aspects, Fatty liver -- Risk factors, Fatty liver -- Genetic aspects, Carbohydrates -- Health aspects, Sugar -- Health aspects, Food/cooking/nutrition, Health
Abstract

Background: Recently, a genetic variant (rs738409; C [right arrow] G) of the PNPLA3 gene was identified to be associated with increased hepatic fat deposition, and the effect was more pronounced in Hispanics. Animal models have also shown that PNPLA3 expression can be regulated by dietary carbohydrate. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether the influence of PNPLA3 genotype on hepatic fat is modulated by dietary factors in Hispanic children. Design: PNPLA3 was genotyped in 153 Hispanic children (75% female, ages 8-18 y) by using the TaqMan method. Dietary intake was assessed by using three 24-h dietary recalls or diet records. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT), and hepatic fat fraction (HFF) were assessed in multiple abdominal slices by magnetic resonance imaging. Analysis of covariance was used to assess the diet x genotype interaction in liver fat, with the following a priori covariates: sex, age, energy, VAT, and SAAT. Results: HFF was influenced by a significant interaction between genotype and diet (genotype x carbohydrate, P = 0.04; genotype x total sugar, P = 0.01). HFF was positively related to carbohydrate (r = 0.31, P = 0.04) and total sugar (r = 0.34, P = 0.02) intakes but only in the GG group, independent of covariates. Dietary variables were not related to HFF in the CC or CG group or to other fat depots in all genotype groups. Conclusions: These findings suggest that Hispanic children carrying the GG genotype are susceptible to increased hepatic fat when dietary carbohydrate intake, specifically sugar, is high. Specific dietary interventions based on genetic predisposition in this population may lead to more effective therapeutic outcomes for fatty liver. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00697580, 1951642394A1, and NCT00693511. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:1522-7. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.30185.

Published
2010

14. The prenatal gut microbiome: Are we colonized with bacteria in utero?

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Walker, Ryan W, Clemente, Jose C, Peter, Inga, and Loos, Ruth JF

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Fetus, Bacteria, Pregnancy, Infant, Newborn, Animals, Humans, Infant, Mothers, Female, Delivery, Obstetric, Article, Gastrointestinal Microbiome
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The colonization of the gut with microbes in early life is critical to the developing newborn immune system, metabolic function and potentially future health. Maternal microbes are transmitted to offspring during childbirth, representing a key step in the colonization of the infant gut. Studies of infant meconium suggest that bacteria are present in the foetal gut prior to birth, meaning that colonization could occur prenatally. Animal studies have shown that prenatal transmission of microbes to the foetus is possible, and physiological changes observed in pregnant mothers indicate that in utero transfer is likely in humans as well. However, direct evidence of in utero transfer of bacteria in humans is lacking. Understanding the timing and mechanisms involved in the first colonization of the human gut is critical to a comprehensive understanding of the early life gut microbiome. This review will discuss the evidence supporting in utero transmission of microbes from mother to infants. We also review sources of transferred bacteria, physiological mechanisms of transfer and modifiers of maternal microbiomes and their potential role in early life infant health. Well-designed longitudinal birth studies that account for established modifiers of the gut microbiome are challenging, but will be necessary to confirm in utero transfer and further our knowledge of the prenatal microbiome.

Published
2017

15. Genetic and Clinical Markers of Elevated Liver Fat Content in Overweight and Obese Hispanic Children

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Walker, Ryan W., Sinatra, Frank, Hartiala, Jaana, Weigensberg, Marc, Spruijt-Metz, Donna, Alderete, Tanya L., Goran, Michael I., and Allayee, Hooman

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Blood Glucose, Male, obesity, Adolescent, Genotype, Hispanic, genetic risk, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Body Mass Index, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Risk Factors, NAFLD, Humans, Aspartate Aminotransferases, Child, Alleles, Triglycerides, Apolipoprotein C-III, Anthropometry, Membrane Proteins, Alanine Transaminase, Hispanic or Latino, Lipase, liver fat, Overweight, Fatty Liver, Cross-Sectional Studies, Body Composition, Female
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Objective Genetic variation in six genes has been associated with elevated liver fat and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adults. We sought to determine the influence of these genes on liver fat and whether a genetic risk score (GRS) would improve upon the ability of common clinical risk factors to predict elevated liver fat content (ELF) in Hispanic children. Design and Methods 223 obese Hispanic children were genotyped for six SNPs. MRI was used to measure liver fat. A GRS was tested for association with ELF using multivariate linear regression. Predictors were assessed via ROC curves and pair-wise analysis was used to determine significance alone and combined with clinical markers. Results Only variants in PNPLA3 and APOC3 genes were associated with liver fat (p

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2013

16. 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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Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rüeger, 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, Amélie, 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., Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, 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, Blüher, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, 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-Kähönen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jørgensen, 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, Krüger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, 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, Pérusse, 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., Sparsø, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Völker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widén, 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, Böger, 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, Grönberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliövaara, 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, Kähönen, 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., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njølstad, 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, Polašek, 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, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, André L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Völzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, 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, Inês, 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, Zoltán, and Loos, Ruth J. F.

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ddc
Published
2015

17. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

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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.

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2016
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18. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

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University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Hjelt Institute, Ried, Janina S., Jeff, Janina M., Chu, Audrey Y., Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., van Dongen, Jenny, Huffman, Jennifer E., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Cadby, Gemma, Eklund, Niina, Eriksson, Joel, Esko, Tonu, Feitosa, Mary F., Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Jackson, Anne U., Jokinen, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lahti, Jari, Luan, Jian'an, Maegi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Mangino, Massimo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Nolte, Ilja M., Perusse, Louis, Prokopenko, Inga, Qi, Lu, Rose, Lynda M., Salvi, Erika, Smith, Megan T., Snieder, Harold, Stancakova, Alena, Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, van der Harst, Pim, Walker, Ryan W., Wang, Sophie R., Wild, Sarah H., Willems, Sara M., Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Barlassina, Cristina, Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bellis, Claire, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bornstein, Stefan R., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Cucca, Fracensco, Cupples, L. Adrienne, D'Avila, Francesca, de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Dimitriou, Maria, Doering, Angela, Eriksson, Johan G., Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farrall, Martin, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gjesing, Anette Prior, Glorioso, Nicola, Graff, Mariaelisa, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Graessler, Juergen, Grewal, Jagvir, Hamsten, Anders, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Havulinna, Aki S., Heliovaara, Markku, Hillege, Hans, Hofman, Albert, Holmen, Oddgeir, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Hysi, Pirro G., Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, James, Alan L., Jorgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Justice, Anne E., Kahonen, Mika, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kinnunen, Leena, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Ishminder K., Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Laitinen, Tomi, Langenberg, Claudia, Lewin, Alexandra M., Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Leach, Irene Mateo, McArdle, Wendy L., Mcknight, Barbara, Mohlke, Karen L., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Montasser, May E., Morris, Andrew P., Mueller, Gabriele, Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Osmond, Clive, Palotie, Aarno, Pankow, James S., Paternoster, Lavinia, Penninx, Brenda W., Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rayner, Nigel W., Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Rice, Treva K., Richards, Marcus, Ridker, Paul M., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Ryan, Kathy A., Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Sebert, Sylvain, Southam, Lorraine, Sparso, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Toenjes, Anke, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vartiainen, Erkki, Venturini, Cristina, Verweij, Niek, Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Winkler, Thomas W., Wright, Alan F., Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zillikens, M. Carola, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Cusi, Daniele, Gansevoort, Ron T., Gieger, Christian, Hansen, Torben, Hicks, Andrew A., Hu, Frank, Hveem, Kristian, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kajantie, Eero, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaeki, Terho, Metspalu, Andres, Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Palmer, Lyle J., Pedersen, Oluf, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M., Puolijoki, Hannu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shudiner, Alan R., Smit, Jan H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tremblay, Angelo, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Voelker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wilson, James F., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Fox, Caroline, Groop, Leif C., Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David J., Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., North, Kari E., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Strachan, David P., Frayling, Timothy, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Loos, Ruth J. F., University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Hjelt Institute, Ried, Janina S., Jeff, Janina M., Chu, Audrey Y., Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., van Dongen, Jenny, Huffman, Jennifer E., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Cadby, Gemma, Eklund, Niina, Eriksson, Joel, Esko, Tonu, Feitosa, Mary F., Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Jackson, Anne U., Jokinen, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lahti, Jari, Luan, Jian'an, Maegi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Mangino, Massimo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L., Nolte, Ilja M., Perusse, Louis, Prokopenko, Inga, Qi, Lu, Rose, Lynda M., Salvi, Erika, Smith, Megan T., Snieder, Harold, Stancakova, Alena, Sung, Yun Ju, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, van der Harst, Pim, Walker, Ryan W., Wang, Sophie R., Wild, Sarah H., Willems, Sara M., Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Barlassina, Cristina, Bartz, Traci M., Beilby, John, Bellis, Claire, Bergman, Richard N., Bergmann, Sven, Blangero, John, Blueher, Matthias, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bornstein, Stefan R., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chiang, Charleston W. K., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Cucca, Fracensco, Cupples, L. Adrienne, D'Avila, Francesca, de Geus, Eco J. C., Dedoussis, George, Dimitriou, Maria, Doering, Angela, Eriksson, Johan G., Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farrall, Martin, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Forouhi, Nita G., Friedrich, Nele, Gjesing, Anette Prior, Glorioso, Nicola, Graff, Mariaelisa, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Graessler, Juergen, Grewal, Jagvir, Hamsten, Anders, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Havulinna, Aki S., Heliovaara, Markku, Hillege, Hans, Hofman, Albert, Holmen, Oddgeir, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Hysi, Pirro G., Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, James, Alan L., Jorgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Justice, Anne E., Kahonen, Mika, Karaleftheri, Maria, Khaw, Kay Tee, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kinnunen, Leena, Knekt, Paul B., Koistinen, Heikki A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Ishminder K., Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Laitinen, Tomi, Langenberg, Claudia, Lewin, Alexandra M., Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mannisto, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Leach, Irene Mateo, McArdle, Wendy L., Mcknight, Barbara, Mohlke, Karen L., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Montasser, May E., Morris, Andrew P., Mueller, Gabriele, Musk, Arthur W., Narisu, Narisu, Ong, Ken K., Oostra, Ben A., Osmond, Clive, Palotie, Aarno, Pankow, James S., Paternoster, Lavinia, Penninx, Brenda W., Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G., Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rayner, Nigel W., Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Rice, Treva K., Richards, Marcus, Ridker, Paul M., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Ryan, Kathy A., Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A., Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A., Sebert, Sylvain, Southam, Lorraine, Sparso, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Toenjes, Anke, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vartiainen, Erkki, Venturini, Cristina, Verweij, Niek, Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waeber, Gerard, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Winkler, Thomas W., Wright, Alan F., Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zillikens, M. Carola, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Cusi, Daniele, Gansevoort, Ron T., Gieger, Christian, Hansen, Torben, Hicks, Andrew A., Hu, Frank, Hveem, Kristian, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kajantie, Eero, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lehtimaeki, Terho, Metspalu, Andres, Njolstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Palmer, Lyle J., Pedersen, Oluf, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M., Puolijoki, Hannu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Shudiner, Alan R., Smit, Jan H., Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Timothy D., Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tremblay, Angelo, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Uusitupa, Matti, Voelker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wilson, James F., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Fox, Caroline, Groop, Leif C., Heid, Iris M., Hunter, David J., Kaplan, Robert C., McCarthy, Mark I., North, Kari E., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Schlessinger, David, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Strachan, David P., Frayling, Timothy, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, and Loos, Ruth J. F.

Abstract

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways.

Published
2016

19. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

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University of Helsinki, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R., Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L., Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L., Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W., Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F., Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Asa K., Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G., Iles, Mark M., Justice, Anne E., Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Magi, 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, Amelie, 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, Frederic, Garcia, Melissa E., Gartner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S., Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W., Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lee, Christine G., Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaelsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A., Nielson, Carrie M., Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polasek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A., Shin, Chan Soo, Narancic, 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., Pellikka, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U., Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Mannisto, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D., Ried, Janina S., Scott, Robert A., Stancakova, Alena, Wagner, Peter J., Demirkan, Ayse, Doring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P., Kuhnel, 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, Jorgensen, 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, Bluher, 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, Heliovaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M., Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B., Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S., Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Perusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rice, Treva K., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Stumvoll, Michael, Tonjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J., Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F., Yengo, Loic, 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., Widen, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J., Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M. Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpelainen, Tuomas Oskari, Loos, Ruth J. F., University of Helsinki, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R., Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L., Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L., Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W., Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F., Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Asa K., Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G., Iles, Mark M., Justice, Anne E., Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Magi, 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, Amelie, 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, Frederic, Garcia, Melissa E., Gartner, Simone, Han, Bok-Ghee, Havulinna, Aki S., Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hillege, Hans, Ittermann, Till, Kent, Jack W., Kolcic, Ivana, Laatikainen, Tiina, Lahti, Jari, Leach, Irene Mateo, Lee, Christine G., Lee, Jong-Young, Liu, Tian, Liu, Youfang, Lobbens, Stephane, Loh, Marie, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Michaelsson, Karl, Nalls, Mike A., Nielson, Carrie M., Oozageer, Laticia, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Polasek, Ozren, Ripatti, Samuli, Sarzynski, Mark A., Shin, Chan Soo, Narancic, 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., Pellikka, Niina, Forrester, Terrence, Grarup, Niels, Jackson, Anne U., Kristiansson, Kati, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lichtner, Peter, Luan, Jian'an, Mahajan, Anubha, Mannisto, Satu, Palmer, Cameron D., Ried, Janina S., Scott, Robert A., Stancakova, Alena, Wagner, Peter J., Demirkan, Ayse, Doring, Angela, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kiel, Douglas P., Kuhnel, 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, Jorgensen, 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, Bluher, 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, Heliovaara, Markku, Hofman, Albert, Jordan, Joanne M., Jula, Antti, Kahonen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Knekt, Paul B., Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Yongmei, Orwoll, Eric S., Osmond, Clive, Perola, Markus, Perusse, Louis, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rice, Treva K., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Stumvoll, Michael, Tonjes, Anke, Towne, Bradford, Tranah, Gregory J., Tremblay, Angelo, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Harst, Pim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Volzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wild, Sarah, Wilson, James F., Yengo, Loic, 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., Widen, Elisabeth, Willer, Cristen J., Yang, Jian, Ingelsson, Erik, Mohlke, Karen L., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Pospisilik, John Andrew, Zillikens, M. Carola, Lindgren, Cecilia, Kilpelainen, 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 x 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

20. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

Author

Ried, Janina S, Jeff M, Janina, Chu, Audrey Y, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, van Dongen, Jenny, Huffman, Jennifer E, Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Cadby, Gemma, Eklund, Niina, Eriksson, Joel, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Jackson, Anne U, Jokinen, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltán, Lahti, Jari, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Mangino, Massimo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Nolte, Ilja M, Pérusse, Louis, Prokopenko, Inga, Qi, Lu, Rose, Lynda M, Salvi, Erika, Smith, Megan T, Snieder, Harold, Stančáková, Alena, Ju Sung, Yun, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, van der Harst, Pim, Walker, Ryan W, Wang, Sophie R, Wild, Sarah H, Willems, Sara M, Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Couto Alves, Alexessander, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barlassina, Cristina, Bartz, Traci M, Beilby, John, Bellis, Claire, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chiang, Charleston W K, Chines, Peter S, Collins, Francis S, Cucca, Fracensco, Cupples, L Adrienne, D'Avila, Francesca, de Geus, Eco J C, Dedoussis, George, Dimitriou, Maria, Döring, Angela, Eriksson, Johan G, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farrall, Martin, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Forouhi, Nita G, Friedrich, Nele, Gjesing, Anette Marianne Prior, Glorioso, Nicola, Graff, Mariaelisa, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Hamsten, Anders, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Havulinna, Aki S, Heliövaara, Markku, Hillege, Hans, Hofman, Albert, Holmen, Oddgeir, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Hysi, Pirro G, Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, James, Alan L, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti, Marie Justesen, Johanne, Justice, Anne E, Kähönen, Mika, Karaleftheri, Maria, Tee Khaw, Kay, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kinnunen, Leena, Knekt, Paul B, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Ishminder K, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Laitinen, Tomi, Langenberg, Claudia, Lewin, Alexandra M, Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Leach, Irene Mateo, McArdle, Wendy L, Mcknight, Barbara, Mohlke, Karen L, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Montasser, May E, Morris, Andrew P, Müller, Gabriele, Musk, Arthur W, Narisu, Narisu, Ong, Ken K, Oostra, Ben A, Osmond, Clive, Palotie, Aarno, Pankow, James S, Paternoster, Lavinia, Penninx, Brenda W, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G, Polašek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rayner, Nigel W, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Rice, Treva K, Richards, Marcus, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Ryan, Kathy A, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A, Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A, Sebert, Sylvain, Southam, Lorraine, Sparsø, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Tönjes, Anke, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vartiainen, Erkki, Venturini, Cristina, Verweij, Niek, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waeber, Gérard, Widén, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Winkler, Thomas W, Wright, Alan F, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Carola Zillikens, M, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Cusi, Daniele, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gieger, Christian, Hansen, Torben, Hicks, Andrew A, Hu, Frank, Hveem, Kristian, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kajantie, Eero, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lehtimäki, Terho, Metspalu, Andres, Njølstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Palmer, Lyle J, Pedersen, Oluf, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M, Puolijoki, Hannu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schwarz, Peter E H, Shudiner, Alan R, Smit, Jan H, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Spector, Timothy D, Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tremblay, Angelo, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wilson, James F, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Fox, Caroline, Groop, Leif C, Heid, Iris M, Hunter, David J, Kaplan, Robert C, McCarthy, Mark I, North, Kari E, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Schlessinger, David, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Strachan, David P, Frayling, Timothy, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Loos, Ruth J F, Ried, Janina S, Jeff M, Janina, Chu, Audrey Y, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, van Dongen, Jenny, Huffman, Jennifer E, Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Cadby, Gemma, Eklund, Niina, Eriksson, Joel, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Jackson, Anne U, Jokinen, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltán, Lahti, Jari, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Mangino, Massimo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Nolte, Ilja M, Pérusse, Louis, Prokopenko, Inga, Qi, Lu, Rose, Lynda M, Salvi, Erika, Smith, Megan T, Snieder, Harold, Stančáková, Alena, Ju Sung, Yun, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, van der Harst, Pim, Walker, Ryan W, Wang, Sophie R, Wild, Sarah H, Willems, Sara M, Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Couto Alves, Alexessander, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barlassina, Cristina, Bartz, Traci M, Beilby, John, Bellis, Claire, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chiang, Charleston W K, Chines, Peter S, Collins, Francis S, Cucca, Fracensco, Cupples, L Adrienne, D'Avila, Francesca, de Geus, Eco J C, Dedoussis, George, Dimitriou, Maria, Döring, Angela, Eriksson, Johan G, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farrall, Martin, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Forouhi, Nita G, Friedrich, Nele, Gjesing, Anette Marianne Prior, Glorioso, Nicola, Graff, Mariaelisa, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Hamsten, Anders, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Havulinna, Aki S, Heliövaara, Markku, Hillege, Hans, Hofman, Albert, Holmen, Oddgeir, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Hysi, Pirro G, Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, James, Alan L, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti, Marie Justesen, Johanne, Justice, Anne E, Kähönen, Mika, Karaleftheri, Maria, Tee Khaw, Kay, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kinnunen, Leena, Knekt, Paul B, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Ishminder K, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Laitinen, Tomi, Langenberg, Claudia, Lewin, Alexandra M, Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Leach, Irene Mateo, McArdle, Wendy L, Mcknight, Barbara, Mohlke, Karen L, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Montasser, May E, Morris, Andrew P, Müller, Gabriele, Musk, Arthur W, Narisu, Narisu, Ong, Ken K, Oostra, Ben A, Osmond, Clive, Palotie, Aarno, Pankow, James S, Paternoster, Lavinia, Penninx, Brenda W, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G, Polašek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D C, Rayner, Nigel W, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Rice, Treva K, Richards, Marcus, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Ryan, Kathy A, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A, Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A, Sebert, Sylvain, Southam, Lorraine, Sparsø, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Tönjes, Anke, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vartiainen, Erkki, Venturini, Cristina, Verweij, Niek, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waeber, Gérard, Widén, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Winkler, Thomas W, Wright, Alan F, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Carola Zillikens, M, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Cusi, Daniele, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gieger, Christian, Hansen, Torben, Hicks, Andrew A, Hu, Frank, Hveem, Kristian, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kajantie, Eero, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lehtimäki, Terho, Metspalu, Andres, Njølstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Palmer, Lyle J, Pedersen, Oluf, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M, Puolijoki, Hannu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schwarz, Peter E H, Shudiner, Alan R, Smit, Jan H, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Spector, Timothy D, Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tremblay, Angelo, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wilson, James F, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Fox, Caroline, Groop, Leif C, Heid, Iris M, Hunter, David J, Kaplan, Robert C, McCarthy, Mark I, North, Kari E, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Schlessinger, David, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Strachan, David P, Frayling, Timothy, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, and Loos, Ruth J F

Abstract

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways.

Published
2016

21. 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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Winkler, Thomas W, Justice, Anne E, Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F, Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H, Rüeger, 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 JM, Bis, Joshua C, Bonnefond, Amélie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston WK, 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, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela AF, Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Montasser, May E, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W, Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M, Ryan, Kathy A, Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A, Bakker, Stephan JL, Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blüher, 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 JC, de Groot, Lisette CPGM, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gu, Yu-Mei, Broer, Linda, Ham, Annelies C, Hansen, Torben, Harris, 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Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Luben, Robert [0000-0002-5088-6343], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Johnson, Kathleen [0000-0002-6823-3252], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Barroso, Ines [0000-0001-5800-4520], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, CHARGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, ICBP Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, Biochemistry, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Public Health, Medical Oncology, Pathology, Erasmus MC other, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, and Clinical Genetics

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0301 basic medicine, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Male, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, Biological pathways, QH426-470, Genome, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Genetics (clinical), ddc:616, Genetics & Heredity, Sex Characteristics, Loci, MAGIC Consortium, Mass index, Age Factors, Chromosome Mapping, Middle Aged, Genealogy, Self-reported height, Peripheral-blood, Scale (social sciences), ICBP Consortium, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Medical Genetics, Research Article, arcOGEN Consortium, musculoskeletal diseases, Adult, European Continental Ancestry Group, Natural menopause, Aged, Body Size/genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Waist-Hip Ratio, Biology, Body size, DIAGRAM Consortium, Age and sex, White People, Fat distribution, GLGC Consortium, 03 medical and health sciences, Life-course, Genetics, Weight-gain, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Medicinsk genetik, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, 0604 Genetics, Science & Technology, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Correction, 030104 developmental biology, GWAS meta-analysis, Global-BPGen Consortium, Common SNPS, CHARGE Consortium, 3111 Biomedicine, Developmental Biology
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 ~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, Author Summary Adult body size and body shape differ substantially between men and women and change over time. More than 100 genetic variants that influence body mass index (measure of body size) or waist-to-hip ratio (measure of body shape) have been identified. While there is evidence that some genetic loci affect body shape differently in men than in women, little is known about whether genetic effects differ in older compared to younger adults, and whether such changes differ between men and women. Therefore, we conducted a systematic genome-wide search, including 114 studies (>320,000 individuals), to specifically identify genetic loci with age- and or sex-dependent effects on body size and shape. We identified 15 loci of which the effect on BMI was different in older compared to younger adults, whereas we found no evidence for loci with different effects in men compared to women. The opposite was seen for body shape as we identified 44 loci of which the effect on waist-to-hip ratio differed between men and women, but no difference between younger and older adults were observed. Our observations may provide new insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexual dimorphism of body shape.

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2014
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22. Macrophage accumulation and fibrosis in adipose tissue is linked to liver damage and metabolic risk in obese children

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Walker, Ryan W, Allayee, Hooman, Inserra, Alessandro, Fruhwirth, Rodolfo, Alisi, Anna, Devito, Rita, Carey, Magalie E, Sinatra, Frank, Goran, Michael I, and Nobili, Valerio

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Blood Glucose, Liver Cirrhosis, Male, Adolescent, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Article, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, Humans, Insulin, Aspartate Aminotransferases, Obesity, Prospective Studies, Child, Adiposity, Interleukin-6, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Macrophages, Body Weight, Alanine Transaminase, Fasting, Body Height, Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal, C-Reactive Protein, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Liver, Female, Adiponectin, Biomarkers
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Obesity in childhood is associated with an inflammatory state in adipose tissue and liver, which elevates risk for diabetes and liver disease. No prior study has examined associations between pathologies occurring in adipose tissue and liver to identify elements of tissue damage associated with type 2 diabetes risk. This study sought to determine whether inflammation and fibrosis in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in obese/overweight children (BMI-z 2.3 ± 0.76) was related to the extent of observed liver disease or type 2 diabetes risk.Biopsy samples of abdominal (SAT) and liver were simultaneously collected from 33 Italian children (mean BMI 28.1 ± 5.1 kg/m(2) and mean age 11.6 ± 2.2 years) with confirmed NAFLD. Histology and immunohistochemistry were conducted on biopsies to assess inflammation and fibrosis in adipose tissue and fibrosis and inflammation in liver.Presence vs. absence of crown-like structures (CLS) in SAT was significantly related to liver fibrosis scores (1.7 ± 0.7 vs. 1.2 ± 0.7, P = 0.04) independent of BMI. SAT fibrosis was significantly correlated with a lower disposition index (r = -0.48, P = 0.006). No other adipose measures were associated with liver disease parameters.Markers of subcutaneous white adipose tissue inflammation are associated with greater extent of liver fibrosis independent of obesity and SAT fibrosis may contribute to diabetes risk through reduced insulin secretion.

Published
2014

23. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

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Ried, Janina S., primary, Jeff M., Janina, additional, Chu, Audrey Y., additional, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., additional, van Dongen, Jenny, additional, Huffman, Jennifer E., additional, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., additional, Cadby, Gemma, additional, Eklund, Niina, additional, Eriksson, Joel, additional, Esko, Tõnu, additional, Feitosa, Mary F., additional, Goel, Anuj, additional, Gorski, Mathias, additional, Hayward, Caroline, additional, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., additional, Jackson, Anne U., additional, Jokinen, Eero, additional, Kanoni, Stavroula, additional, Kristiansson, Kati, additional, Kutalik, Zoltán, additional, Lahti, Jari, additional, Luan, Jian'an, additional, Mägi, Reedik, additional, Mahajan, Anubha, additional, Mangino, Massimo, additional, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, additional, Monda, Keri L., additional, Nolte, Ilja M., additional, Pérusse, Louis, additional, Prokopenko, Inga, additional, Qi, Lu, additional, Rose, Lynda M., additional, Salvi, Erika, additional, Smith, Megan T., additional, Snieder, Harold, additional, Stančáková, Alena, additional, Ju Sung, Yun, additional, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, additional, Teumer, Alexander, additional, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, additional, van der Harst, Pim, additional, Walker, Ryan W., additional, Wang, Sophie R., additional, Wild, Sarah H., additional, Willems, Sara M., additional, Wong, Andrew, additional, Zhang, Weihua, additional, Albrecht, Eva, additional, Couto Alves, Alexessander, additional, Bakker, Stephan J. L., additional, Barlassina, Cristina, additional, Bartz, Traci M., additional, Beilby, John, additional, Bellis, Claire, additional, Bergman, Richard N., additional, Bergmann, Sven, additional, Blangero, John, additional, Blüher, Matthias, additional, Boerwinkle, Eric, additional, Bonnycastle, Lori L., additional, Bornstein, Stefan R., additional, Bruinenberg, Marcel, additional, Campbell, Harry, additional, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, additional, Chiang, Charleston W. K., additional, Chines, Peter S., additional, Collins, Francis S, additional, Cucca, Fracensco, additional, Cupples, L Adrienne, additional, D’Avila, Francesca, additional, de Geus, Eco J .C., additional, Dedoussis, George, additional, Dimitriou, Maria, additional, Döring, Angela, additional, Eriksson, Johan G., additional, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, additional, Farrall, Martin, additional, Ferreira, Teresa, additional, Fischer, Krista, additional, Forouhi, Nita G., additional, Friedrich, Nele, additional, Gjesing, Anette Prior, additional, Glorioso, Nicola, additional, Graff, Mariaelisa, additional, Grallert, Harald, additional, Grarup, Niels, additional, Gräßler, Jürgen, additional, Grewal, Jagvir, additional, Hamsten, Anders, additional, Harder, Marie Neergaard, additional, Hartman, Catharina A., additional, Hassinen, Maija, additional, Hastie, Nicholas, additional, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, additional, Havulinna, Aki S., additional, Heliövaara, Markku, additional, Hillege, Hans, additional, Hofman, Albert, additional, Holmen, Oddgeir, additional, Homuth, Georg, additional, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, additional, Hui, Jennie, additional, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, additional, Hysi, Pirro G., additional, Isaacs, Aaron, additional, Ittermann, Till, additional, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, additional, James, Alan L., additional, Jørgensen, Torben, additional, Jousilahti, Pekka, additional, Jula, Antti, additional, Marie Justesen, Johanne, additional, Justice, Anne E., additional, Kähönen, Mika, additional, Karaleftheri, Maria, additional, Tee Khaw, Kay, additional, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., additional, Kinnunen, Leena, additional, Knekt, Paul B., additional, Koistinen, Heikki A., additional, Kolcic, Ivana, additional, Kooner, Ishminder K., additional, Koskinen, Seppo, additional, Kovacs, Peter, additional, Kyriakou, Theodosios, additional, Laitinen, Tomi, additional, Langenberg, Claudia, additional, Lewin, Alexandra M., additional, Lichtner, Peter, additional, Lindgren, Cecilia M., additional, Lindström, Jaana, additional, Linneberg, Allan, additional, Lorbeer, Roberto, additional, Lorentzon, Mattias, additional, Luben, Robert, additional, Lyssenko, Valeriya, additional, Männistö, Satu, additional, Manunta, Paolo, additional, Leach, Irene Mateo, additional, McArdle, Wendy L., additional, Mcknight, Barbara, additional, Mohlke, Karen L., additional, Mihailov, Evelin, additional, Milani, Lili, additional, Mills, Rebecca, additional, Montasser, May E., additional, Morris, Andrew P., additional, Müller, Gabriele, additional, Musk, Arthur W., additional, Narisu, Narisu, additional, Ong, Ken K., additional, Oostra, Ben A., additional, Osmond, Clive, additional, Palotie, Aarno, additional, Pankow, James S., additional, Paternoster, Lavinia, additional, Penninx, Brenda W., additional, Pichler, Irene, additional, Pilia, Maria G., additional, Polašek, Ozren, additional, Pramstaller, Peter P., additional, Raitakari, Olli T, additional, Rankinen, Tuomo, additional, Rao, D. C., additional, Rayner, Nigel W., additional, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, additional, Rice, Treva K., additional, Richards, Marcus, additional, Ridker, Paul M., additional, Rivadeneira, Fernando, additional, Ryan, Kathy A., additional, Sanna, Serena, additional, Sarzynski, Mark A., additional, Scholtens, Salome, additional, Scott, Robert A., additional, Sebert, Sylvain, additional, Southam, Lorraine, additional, Sparsø, Thomas Hempel, additional, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, additional, Stirrups, Kathleen, additional, Stolk, Ronald P., additional, Strauch, Konstantin, additional, Stringham, Heather M., additional, Swertz, Morris A., additional, Swift, Amy J., additional, Tönjes, Anke, additional, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, additional, van der Most, Peter J., additional, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., additional, Vandenput, Liesbeth, additional, Vartiainen, Erkki, additional, Venturini, Cristina, additional, Verweij, Niek, additional, Viikari, Jorma S., additional, Vitart, Veronique, additional, Vohl, Marie-Claude, additional, Vonk, Judith M., additional, Waeber, Gérard, additional, Widén, Elisabeth, additional, Willemsen, Gonneke, additional, Wilsgaard, Tom, additional, Winkler, Thomas W., additional, Wright, Alan F., additional, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., additional, Hua Zhao, Jing, additional, Carola Zillikens, M., additional, Boomsma, Dorret I., additional, Bouchard, Claude, additional, Chambers, John C., additional, Chasman, Daniel I., additional, Cusi, Daniele, additional, Gansevoort, Ron T., additional, Gieger, Christian, additional, Hansen, Torben, additional, Hicks, Andrew A., additional, Hu, Frank, additional, Hveem, Kristian, additional, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, additional, Kajantie, Eero, additional, Kooner, Jaspal S., additional, Kuh, Diana, additional, Kuusisto, Johanna, additional, Laakso, Markku, additional, Lakka, Timo A., additional, Lehtimäki, Terho, additional, Metspalu, Andres, additional, Njølstad, Inger, additional, Ohlsson, Claes, additional, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., additional, Palmer, Lyle J., additional, Pedersen, Oluf, additional, Perola, Markus, additional, Peters, Annette, additional, Psaty, Bruce M., additional, Puolijoki, Hannu, additional, Rauramaa, Rainer, additional, Rudan, Igor, additional, Salomaa, Veikko, additional, Schwarz, Peter E. H., additional, Shudiner, Alan R., additional, Smit, Jan H., additional, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., additional, Spector, Timothy D., additional, Stefansson, Kari, additional, Stumvoll, Michael, additional, Tremblay, Angelo, additional, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, additional, Uitterlinden, André G., additional, Uusitupa, Matti, additional, Völker, Uwe, additional, Vollenweider, Peter, additional, Wareham, Nicholas J., additional, Watkins, Hugh, additional, Wilson, James F., additional, Zeggini, Eleftheria, additional, Abecasis, Goncalo R., additional, Boehnke, Michael, additional, Borecki, Ingrid B., additional, Deloukas, Panos, additional, van Duijn, Cornelia M., additional, Fox, Caroline, additional, Groop, Leif C., additional, Heid, Iris M., additional, Hunter, David J., additional, Kaplan, Robert C., additional, McCarthy, Mark I., additional, North, Kari E., additional, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., additional, Schlessinger, David, additional, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, additional, Strachan, David P., additional, Frayling, Timothy, additional, Hirschhorn, Joel N., additional, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, additional, and Loos, Ruth J. F., additional

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2016
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24. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

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

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2016
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25. 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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Winkler, Thomas W, Justice, Anne E, Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F, Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H, Rüeger, 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, Amélie, 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, Mateo Leach, Irene, 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, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W, Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M, Ryan, Kathy A, Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, 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, Blüher, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, 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-Kähönen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G, Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jørgensen, 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, Krüger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J, Leander, Karin, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, 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, Pérusse, 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, Sparsø, Thomas H, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J, Völker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W, Wennauer, Roman, Widén, 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, Böger, 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, Grönberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliövaara, 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, Kähönen, 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, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F, Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D, Moll, Frans L, Murray, Jeffrey C, Musk, Arthur W, Nieminen, Markku S, Njølstad, 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, Polašek, 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, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Spector, Tim D, Staessen, Jan A, Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, 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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 ~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 provide further insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shape.

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2015
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26. The Association of Human Apolipoprotein C-III Sialylation Proteoforms with Plasma Triglycerides

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Yassine, Hussein N., primary, Trenchevska, Olgica, additional, Ramrakhiani, Ambika, additional, Parekh, Aarushi, additional, Koska, Juraj, additional, Walker, Ryan W., additional, Billheimer, Dean, additional, Reaven, Peter D., additional, Yen, Frances T., additional, Nelson, Randall W., additional, Goran, Michael I., additional, and Nedelkov, Dobrin, additional

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2015
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27. Increased hepatic fat in overweight Hispanic youth influenced by interaction between genetic variation in PNPLA3 and high dietary carbohydrate and sugar consumption1234

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Davis, Jaimie N, Lê, Kim-Anne, Walker, Ryan W, Vikman, Susanna, Spruijt-Metz, Donna, Weigensberg, Marc J, Allayee, Hooman, and Goran, Michael I

Subjects
Male, Polymorphism, Genetic, Adolescent, Genotype, Gene-Nutrient Interactions, Membrane Proteins, Feeding Behavior, Hispanic or Latino, Lipase, Overweight, Diet Records, Fatty Liver, Liver, Dietary Sucrose, Dietary Carbohydrates, Humans, Female, Child, Adiposity
Abstract

Recently, a genetic variant (rs738409; C→G) of the PNPLA3 gene was identified to be associated with increased hepatic fat deposition, and the effect was more pronounced in Hispanics. Animal models have also shown that PNPLA3 expression can be regulated by dietary carbohydrate.The aim of this study was to examine whether the influence of PNPLA3 genotype on hepatic fat is modulated by dietary factors in Hispanic children.PNPLA3 was genotyped in 153 Hispanic children (75% female, ages 8-18 y) by using the TaqMan method. Dietary intake was assessed by using three 24-h dietary recalls or diet records. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT), and hepatic fat fraction (HFF) were assessed in multiple abdominal slices by magnetic resonance imaging. Analysis of covariance was used to assess the diet × genotype interaction in liver fat, with the following a priori covariates: sex, age, energy, VAT, and SAAT.HFF was influenced by a significant interaction between genotype and diet (genotype × carbohydrate, P = 0.04; genotype × total sugar, P = 0.01). HFF was positively related to carbohydrate (r = 0.31, P = 0.04) and total sugar (r = 0.34, P = 0.02) intakes but only in the GG group, independent of covariates. Dietary variables were not related to HFF in the CC or CG group or to other fat depots in all genotype groups.These findings suggest that Hispanic children carrying the GG genotype are susceptible to increased hepatic fat when dietary carbohydrate intake, specifically sugar, is high. Specific dietary interventions based on genetic predisposition in this population may lead to more effective therapeutic outcomes for fatty liver. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00697580, 195-1642394A1, and NCT00693511.

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2010

31. Strategies for Enriching Variant Coverage in Candidate Disease Loci on a Multiethnic Genotyping Array.

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Bien, Stephanie A., Wojcik, Genevieve L., Zubair, Niha, Gignoux, Christopher R., Martin, Alicia R., Kocarnik, Jonathan M., Martin, Lisa W., Buyske, Steven, Haessler, Jeffrey, Walker, Ryan W., Cheng, Iona, Graff, Mariaelisa, Xia, Lucy, Franceschini, Nora, Matise, Tara, James, Regina, Hindorff, Lucia, Le Marchand, Loic, North, Kari E., and Haiman, Christopher A.

Subjects
INDIGENOUS peoples, BIOLOGICAL evolution, HEALTH equity, GENOTYPES, DISEASES
Abstract

Investigating genetic architecture of complex traits in ancestrally diverse populations is imperative to understand the etiology of disease. However, the current paucity of genetic research in people of African and Latin American ancestry, Hispanic and indigenous peoples in the United States is likely to exacerbate existing health disparities for many common diseases. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology, Phase II (PAGE II), Study was initiated in 2013 by the National Human Genome Research Institute to expand our understanding of complex trait loci in ethnically diverse and well characterized study populations. To meet this goal, the Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array (MEGA) was designed to substantially improve fine-mapping and functional discovery by increasing variant coverage across multiple ethnicities at known loci for metabolic, cardiovascular, renal, inflammatory, anthropometric, and a variety of lifestyle traits. Studying the frequency distribution of clinically relevant mutations, putative risk alleles, and known functional variants across multiple populations will provide important insight into the genetic architecture of complex diseases and facilitate the discovery of novel, sometimes population-specific, disease associations. DNA samples from 51,650 self-identified African ancestry (17,328), Hispanic/Latino (22,379), Asian/Pacific Islander (8,640), and American Indian (653) and an additional 2,650 participants of either South Asian or European ancestry, and other reference panels have been genotyped on MEGA by PAGE II. MEGA was designed as a new resource for studying ancestrally diverse populations. Here, we describe the methodology for selecting trait-specific content for use in multi-ethnic populations and how enriching MEGA for this content may contribute to deeper biological understanding of the genetic etiology of complex disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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33. 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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Winkler, Thomas W., Justice, Anne E., Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F., Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H., Rüeger, 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, Amélie, 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, Mateo Leach, Irene, 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., Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W., Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M., Ryan, Kathy A., Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, 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, Blüher, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, 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-Kähönen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G., Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jørgensen, 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, Krüger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J., Leander, Karin, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, 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, Pérusse, 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., Sparsø, Thomas H., Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P., Stringham, Heather M., Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, van der Most, Peter J., Völker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M., Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W., Wennauer, Roman, Widén, 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, Böger, 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, Grönberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliövaara, 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, Kähönen, 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., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F., Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Frans L., Murray, Jeffrey C., Musk, Arthur W., Nieminen, Markku S., Njølstad, 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, Polašek, 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, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Staessen, Jan A., Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G., Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, André L. M., Vermeulen, Sita H., Viikari, Jorma S., Vitart, Veronique, Völzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Charge Consortium, Diagram Consortium, Glgc Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, Icbp Consortium, Magic Consortium, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E., Rao, D. C., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Assimes, Themistocles L., Barroso, Inês, 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, Zoltán, and Loos, Ruth J. F.

Subjects
3. Good health

34. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

Author

Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Hui, Jennie, Gräßler, Jürgen, Van Der Most, Peter J., Walker, Ryan W., Cupples, L Adrienne, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hassinen, Maija, Pedersen, Oluf, Lichtner, Peter, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Hillege, Hans, Tremblay, Angelo, Musk, Arthur W., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Völker, Uwe, Sebert, Sylvain, Eriksson, Joel, Bellis, Claire, Willemsen, Gonneke, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Hofman, Albert, Pankow, James S., Huffman, Jennifer E., Boehnke, Michael, Jeff, Janina M., Qi, Lu, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Hunter, David J., Ried, Janina S., Monda, Keri L., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Uusitupa, Matti, Grarup, Niels, Salvi, Erika, Mccarthy, Mark I., Laakso, Markku, Wright, Alan F., Feitosa, Mary F., Stefansson, Kari, Widén, Elisabeth, Friedrich, Nele, O'connell, Jeffrey R., Kyriakou, Theodosios, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Teumer, Alexander, Justice, Anne E., Cadby, Gemma, Hu, Frank, Lindström, Jaana, Tee Khaw, Kay, Kovacs, Peter, Marie Justesen, Johanne, Mcardle, Wendy L., Willems, Sara M., Stringham, Heather M., Montasser, May E., Kuh, Diana, Isaacs, Aaron, Karaleftheri, Maria, Scott, Robert A., Rauramaa, Rainer, Jokinen, Eero, Schlessinger, David, Pilia, Maria G., North, Kari E., Ong, Ken K., Ittermann, Till, Lorbeer, Roberto, Couto Alves, Alexessander, Salomaa, Veikko, Luben, Robert, Hartman, Catharina A., Bouchard, Claude, Rayner, Nigel W., Hayward, Caroline, Rao, Ridker, Paul M., Peters, Annette, Hveem, Kristian, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Albrecht, Eva, Wilsgaard, Tom, Lorentzon, Mattias, Fox, Caroline, Palmer, Lyle J., Stolk, Ronald P., Carola Zillikens, Stirrups, Kathleen, Southam, Lorraine, Chasman, Daniel I., Forouhi, Nita G., Ryan, Kathy A., Esko, Toñu, Linneberg, Allan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Palotie, Aarno, Mohlke, Karen L., Wareham, Nicholas J., Lakka, Timo A., Koistinen, Heikki A., Paternoster, Lavinia, Prokopenko, Inga, Osmond, Clive, Oostra, Ben A., Borecki, Ingrid B., Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Van Dongen, Jenny, Collins, Francis S, Grallert, Harald, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Smith, Megan T., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Boerwinkle, Eric, Müller, Gabriele, Bornstein, Stefan R., Heliövaara, Markku, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kinnunen, Leena, Kooner, Jaspal S., Swift, Amy J., Kuusisto, Johanna, Loos, Ruth J. F., Zhao, Jing Hua, Ju Sung, Yun, Rankinen, Tuomo, Grewal, Jagvir, Bartz, Traci M., Hamsten, Anders, Döring, Angela, Hicks, Andrew A., Mägi, Reedik, Njølstad, Inger, Rudan, Igor, Rice, Treva K., Strachan, David P., De Geus, Eco J.C., Chiang, Charleston W. K., Watkins, Hugh, Kaplan, Robert C., Blüher, Matthias, Standáková, Alena, Luan, Jian'an, Cusi, Daniele, Homuth, Georg, Sarzynski, Mark A., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Ohlsson, Claes, Stumvoll, Michael, Groop, Leif C., Chambers, John C., Gjesing, Anette Prior, Penninx, Brenda W., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Strauch, Konstantin, Waeber, Gérard, Knekt, Paul B., Kolcic, Ivana, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Dedoussis, George, Mahajan, Anubha, Fischer, Krista, Chu, Audrey Y., Lahti, Jari, Lehtimäki, Terho, Morris, Andrew P., Nolte, Ilja M., Havulinna, Aki S., Spector, Timothy D., Vitart, Veronique, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Gieger, Christian, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Metspalu, Andres, Sanna, Serena, Psaty, Bruce M., Goel, Anuj, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Scholtens, Salome, Ferreira, Teresa, Viikari, Jorma S., Lewin, Alexandra M., Glorioso, Nicola, Mcknight, Barbara, Richards, Marcus, Winkler, Thomas W., Snieder, Harold, Männistö, Satu, Kähönen, Mika, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Laitinen, Tomi, Bergmann, Sven, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Langenberg, Claudia, Wilson, James F., Pérusse, Louis, Kutalik, Zoltán, Dimitriou, Maria, Farrall, Martin, Zhang, Weihua, Tönjes, Anke, Wang, Sophie R., Verweij, Niek, Jackson, Anne U., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Bonnycastle, Lori L., Narisu, Narisu, Eklund, Niina, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Polašek, Ozren, Kooner, Ishminder K., Pichler, Irene, Pramstaller, Peter P., Smit, Jan H., Perola, Markus, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Beilby, John, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sparsø, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Graff, Mariaelisa, Manunta, Paolo, Wong, Andrew, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Raitakari, Olli T, Leach, Irene Mateo, Milani, Lili, Swertz, Morris A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., James, Alan L., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Vartiainen, Erkki, Blangero, John, Campbell, Harry, Uitterlinden, André G., Puolijoki, Hannu, Frayling, Timothy, Jula, Antti, Kristiansson, Kati, Eriksson, Johan G., Gansevoort, Ron T., Heid, Iris M., Kajantie, Eero, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Rose, Lynda M., Gorski, Mathias, Mangino, Massimo, Vollenweider, Peter, Van Der Harst, Pim, Van Duijn, Cornelia M., Koskinen, Seppo, Venturini, Cristina, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Mills, Rebecca, Jørgensen, Torben, Mihailov, Evelin, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Shudiner, Alan R., Barlassina, Cristina, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Chines, Peter S., Hansen, Torben, D'avila, Francesca, Deloukas, Panos, Cucca, Fracensco, Vonk, Judith M., Hysi, Pirro G., Kanoni, Stavroula, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Jalilzadeh, Shapour, and Bergman, Richard N.

Subjects
2. Zero hunger
Abstract

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways.

35. 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, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H, Rüeger, 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 JM, Bis, Joshua C, Bonnefond, Amélie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston WK, 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, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela AF, Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Montasser, May E, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W, Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M, Ryan, Kathy A, Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A, Bakker, Stephan JL, Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blüher, 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 JC, De Groot, Lisette CPGM, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, 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-Kähönen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G, Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jørgensen, 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, Krüger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J, Leander, Karin, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, 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, Pérusse, 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, Sparsø, Thomas H, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Van Der Most, Peter J, Völker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W, Wennauer, Roman, Widén, 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 IW, Beckmann, Jacques S, Beilby, John, Bennett, David A, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Böger, 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, Grönberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, Van Der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliövaara, 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, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, 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, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F, Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D, Moll, Frans L, Murray, Jeffrey C, Musk, Arthur W, Nieminen, Markku S, Njølstad, 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, Polašek, 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 EH, Shuldiner, Alan R, Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Staessen, Jan A, Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, André LM, Vermeulen, Sita H, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Völzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, CHARGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, ICBP Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J, Cupples, L Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E, Rao, DC, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Assimes, Themistocles L, Barroso, Inês, 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, Zoltán, and Loos, Ruth JF

Subjects
Adult, Male, Sex Characteristics, Waist-Hip Ratio, Age Factors, Chromosome Mapping, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 3. Good health, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Aged, Genome-Wide Association Study
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 ~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

36. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

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

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3. Good health
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

37. Strategies for Enriching Variant Coverage in Candidate Disease Loci on a Multiethnic Genotyping Array

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James, Regina, Matise, Tara, Haessler, Jeffrey, Franceschini, Nora, Cheng, Iona, North, Kari E., Martin, Alicia R., Wojcik, Genevieve L., Peters, Ulrike, Bustamante, Carlos D., Kenny, Eimear E., Buyske, Steven, Marchand, Loic Le, Carlson, Christopher S., Zubair, Niha, Kooperberg, Charles L., Haiman, Christopher A., Kocarnik, Jonathan M., Graff, Mariaelisa, Martin, Lisa W., Hindorff, Lucia, Xia, Lucy, Loos, Ruth J. F., Walker, Ryan W., Gignoux, Christopher R., and Bien, Stephanie A.

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3. Good health
Abstract

Investigating genetic architecture of complex traits in ancestrally diverse populations is imperative to understand the etiology of disease. However, the current paucity of genetic research in people of African and Latin American ancestry, Hispanic and indigenous peoples in the United States is likely to exacerbate existing health disparities for many common diseases. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology, Phase II (PAGE II), Study was initiated in 2013 by the National Human Genome Research Institute to expand our understanding of complex trait loci in ethnically diverse and well characterized study populations. To meet this goal, the Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array (MEGA) was designed to substantially improve fine-mapping and functional discovery by increasing variant coverage across multiple ethnicities at known loci for metabolic, cardiovascular, renal, inflammatory, anthropometric, and a variety of lifestyle traits. Studying the frequency distribution of clinically relevant mutations, putative risk alleles, and known functional variants across multiple populations will provide important insight into the genetic architecture of complex diseases and facilitate the discovery of novel, sometimes population-specific, disease associations. DNA samples from 51,650 self-identified African ancestry (17,328), Hispanic/Latino (22,379), Asian/Pacific Islander (8,640), and American Indian (653) and an additional 2,650 participants of either South Asian or European ancestry, and other reference panels have been genotyped on MEGA by PAGE II. MEGA was designed as a new resource for studying ancestrally diverse populations. Here, we describe the methodology for selecting trait-specific content for use in multi-ethnic populations and how enriching MEGA for this content may contribute to deeper biological understanding of the genetic etiology of complex disease.

38. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

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Ried, Janina S, Jeff M, Janina, Chu, Audrey Y, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Van Dongen, Jenny, Huffman, Jennifer E, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Cadby, Gemma, Eklund, Niina, Eriksson, Joel, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Goel, Anuj, Gorski, Mathias, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Jackson, Anne U, Jokinen, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltán, Lahti, Jari, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Mangino, Massimo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Nolte, Ilja M, Pérusse, Louis, Prokopenko, Inga, Qi, Lu, Rose, Lynda M, Salvi, Erika, Smith, Megan T, Snieder, Harold, Stančáková, Alena, Ju Sung, Yun, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Van Der Harst, Pim, Walker, Ryan W, Wang, Sophie R, Wild, Sarah H, Willems, Sara M, Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Couto Alves, Alexessander, Bakker, Stephan JL, Barlassina, Cristina, Bartz, Traci M, Beilby, John, Bellis, Claire, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Blangero, John, Blüher, Matthias, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chiang, Charleston WK, Chines, Peter S, Collins, Francis S, Cucca, Fracensco, Cupples, L Adrienne, D'Avila, Francesca, De Geus, Eco JC, Dedoussis, George, Dimitriou, Maria, Döring, Angela, Eriksson, Johan G, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farrall, Martin, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Forouhi, Nita G, Friedrich, Nele, Gjesing, Anette Prior, Glorioso, Nicola, Graff, Mariaelisa, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Hamsten, Anders, Harder, Marie Neergaard, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hastie, Nicholas, Hattersley, Andrew Tym, Havulinna, Aki S, Heliövaara, Markku, Hillege, Hans, Hofman, Albert, Holmen, Oddgeir, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hui, Jennie, Husemoen, Lise Lotte, Hysi, Pirro G, Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, James, Alan L, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti, Marie Justesen, Johanne, Justice, Anne E, Kähönen, Mika, Karaleftheri, Maria, Tee Khaw, Kay, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kinnunen, Leena, Knekt, Paul B, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Ishminder K, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Laitinen, Tomi, Langenberg, Claudia, Lewin, Alexandra M, Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Leach, Irene Mateo, McArdle, Wendy L, Mcknight, Barbara, Mohlke, Karen L, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Montasser, May E, Morris, Andrew P, Müller, Gabriele, Musk, Arthur W, Narisu, Narisu, Ong, Ken K, Oostra, Ben A, Osmond, Clive, Palotie, Aarno, Pankow, James S, Paternoster, Lavinia, Penninx, Brenda W, Pichler, Irene, Pilia, Maria G, Polašek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, DC, Rayner, Nigel W, Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus, Rice, Treva K, Richards, Marcus, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Ryan, Kathy A, Sanna, Serena, Sarzynski, Mark A, Scholtens, Salome, Scott, Robert A, Sebert, Sylvain, Southam, Lorraine, Sparsø, Thomas Hempel, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Tönjes, Anke, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Van Der Most, Peter J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Vartiainen, Erkki, Venturini, Cristina, Verweij, Niek, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waeber, Gérard, Widén, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Winkler, Thomas W, Wright, Alan F, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Zillikens, M Carola, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bouchard, Claude, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Cusi, Daniele, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gieger, Christian, Hansen, Torben, Hicks, Andrew A, Hu, Frank, Hveem, Kristian, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kajantie, Eero, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lehtimäki, Terho, Metspalu, Andres, Njølstad, Inger, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Palmer, Lyle J, Pedersen, Oluf, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M, Puolijoki, Hannu, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schwarz, Peter EH, Shudiner, Alan R, Smit, Jan H, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Timothy D, Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tremblay, Angelo, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wilson, James F, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Fox, Caroline, Groop, Leif C, Heid, Iris M, Hunter, David J, Kaplan, Robert C, McCarthy, Mark I, North, Kari E, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Schlessinger, David, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Strachan, David P, Frayling, Timothy, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, and Loos, Ruth JF

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, Principal Component Analysis, Anthropometry, Genotype, Models, Genetic, Body Size, Humans, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways.

39. Correction: 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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Winkler, Thomas W, Justice, Anne E, Graff, Mariaelisa, Barata, Llilda, Feitosa, Mary F, Chu, Su, Czajkowski, Jacek, Esko, Tõnu, Fall, Tove, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Lu, Yingchang, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Pers, Tune H, Rüeger, 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 JM, Bis, Joshua C, Bonnefond, Amélie, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cadby, Gemma, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Chiang, Charleston WK, 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, Mateo Leach, Irene, Lehne, Benjamin, Liu, Youfang, Lo, Ken Sin, Lorentzon, Mattias, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela AF, Mangino, Massimo, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Monda, Keri L, Montasser, May E, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Pascoe, Laura, Paternoster, Lavinia, Rayner, Nigel W, Renström, Frida, Rizzi, Federica, Rose, Lynda M, Ryan, Kathy A, Salo, Perttu, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert Vernon, Southam, Lorraine, Stančáková, 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, Loïc, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Yu, Lei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andersson, Ehm A, Bakker, Stephan JL, Baldassarre, Damiano, Banasik, Karina, Barcella, Matteo, Barlassina, Cristina, Bellis, Claire, Benaglio, Paola, Blangero, John, Blüher, 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 JC, De Groot, Lisette CPGM, 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, Gräßler, Jürgen, 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-Kähönen, Nina, Hysi, Pirro G, Illig, Thomas, De Jager, Philip L, Jalilzadeh, Shapour, Jørgensen, 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, Krüger, Janine, Kuh, Diana, Kumari, Meena, Kyriakou, Theodosios, Langenberg, Claudia, Lannfelt, Lars, Lanzani, Chiara, Lotay, Vaneet, Launer, Lenore J, Leander, Karin, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yan-Ping, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luben, Robert, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, 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, Pérusse, 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, Sparsø, Thomas H, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stolk, Ronald P, Stringham, Heather M, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Thorand, Barbara, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Van Der Most, Peter J, Völker, Uwe, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Vonk, Judith M, Waldenberger, Melanie, Walker, Ryan W, Wennauer, Roman, Widén, 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 IW, Beckmann, Jacques S, Beilby, John, Bennett, David A, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Böger, 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, Grönberg, Henrik, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Per, Hamsten, Anders, Van Der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Heliövaara, 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, Kähönen, Mika, Kajantie, Eero, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, 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, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lettre, Guillaume, Levinson, Douglas F, Lind, Lars, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Braxton D, Moll, Frans L, Murray, Jeffrey C, Musk, Arthur W, Nieminen, Markku S, Njølstad, 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, Polašek, 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 EH, Shuldiner, Alan R, Sinisalo, Juha, Snieder, Harold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Staessen, Jan A, Stefania, Bandinelli, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Verbeek, André LM, Vermeulen, Sita H, Viikari, Jorma S, Vitart, Veronique, Völzke, Henry, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Zeggini, Eleftheria, ArcOGEN Consortium, CHARGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, ICBP Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Clegg, Deborah J, Cupples, L Adrienne, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Jaquish, Cashell E, Rao, DC, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Assimes, Themistocles L, Barroso, Inês, 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, Zoltán, and Loos, Ruth JF

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GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, CHARGE Consortium, ICBP Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, 3. Good health, arcOGEN Consortium
Abstract

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005378.].

40. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

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Niina Eklund, Robert C. Kaplan, Niek Verweij, Marcus Richards, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Angelo Tremblay, Lu Qi, Andres Metspalu, Mark A. Sarzynski, Charleston W. K. Chiang, Tõnu Esko, Jaana Lindström, Pirro G. Hysi, Torben Hansen, James F. Wilson, Serena Sanna, Marie-Claude Vohl, Lynda M. Rose, Daniele Cusi, Megan T. Smith, Anne U. Jackson, Jing Hua Zhao, Anubha Mahajan, Nele Friedrich, Marcel Bruinenberg, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Ilja M. Nolte, Timothy M. Frayling, Weihua Zhang, Lavinia Paternoster, Jenny van Dongen, Torben Jørgensen, Aarno Palotie, Jana V. van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Martin Farrall, Konstantin Strauch, Jan Smit, Zoltán Kutalik, Anne E. Justice, Elisabeth Widen, Tuomo Rankinen, Timo A. Lakka, Maria Dimitriou, Louis Pérusse, Peter J. van der Most, Yun Ju Sung, George Dedoussis, Caroline Hayward, Tom Wilsgaard, Peter P. Pramstaller, Maria Karaleftheri, Seppo Koskinen, Clive Osmond, Panos Deloukas, David J. Hunter, Kathleen Stirrups, Nicola Glorioso, Andrew T. Hattersley, Hugh Watkins, Sven Bergmann, Eric Boerwinkle, Catharina A. Hartman, Anke Tönjes, Daniel I. Chasman, May E. Montasser, Alan James, Ben A. Oostra, Nigel W. Rayner, Massimo Mangino, Ron T. Gansevoort, Cristina Barlassina, Johanna Kuusisto, Andrew A. Hicks, Roberto Lorbeer, Tomi Laitinen, Narisu Narisu, Stefan R. Bornstein, Gemma Cadby, Johan G. Eriksson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Erika Salvi, Jari Lahti, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Janina M. Jeff, Heather M. Stringham, Bruce M. Psaty, Thomas W. Winkler, Paul M. Ridker, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Lyle J. Palmer, Alexander Teumer, Jürgen Gräßler, Allan Linneberg, Francesca D'Avila, Markku Heliövaara, Harald Grallert, Ivana Kolcic, Kari E. North, Eleftheria Zeggini, James S. Pankow, Alena Standáková, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Ozren Polasek, Krista Fischer, Valeriya Lyssenko, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, André G. Uitterlinden, Stavroula Kanoni, Caroline S. Fox, Sophie R. Wang, Treva Rice, Maria Grazia Pilia, Olli T. Raitakari, Claudia Langenberg, Thomas Sparsø, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Irene Pichler, Kathy Ryan, Eero Jokinen, Mika Kähönen, Leif Groop, Irene Mateo Leach, Gabriele Müller, Annette Peters, Peter Vollenweider, Oddgeir L. Holmen, David Schlessinger, Paul Knekt, M. Carola Zillikens, Evelin Mihailov, Erkki Vartiainen, Nicholas J. Wareham, Francis S. Collins, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Mark I. McCarthy, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Frank B. Hu, Janina S. Ried, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Shapour Jalilzadeh, Peter Kovacs, Anuj Goel, Pim van der Harst, Peter Schwarz, Mathias Gorski, Jorma Viikari, Uwe Völker, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Theodosios Kyriakou, Morris A. Swertz, Inga Prokopenko, Ken K. Ong, Leena Kinnunen, Markus Perola, Kristian Hveem, Matthias Blüher, Rebecca Mills, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Anders Hamsten, Mattias Lorentzon, Joel Eriksson, Karen L. Mohlke, Rasmus Ribel-Madsen, Pekka Jousilahti, Paolo Manunta, Eva Albrecht, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, Wendy L. McArdle, Amy J. Swift, Dorret I. Boomsma, Harry Campbell, Fracensco Cucca, Aaron Isaacs, Andrew Wong, Georg Homuth, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Kay-Tee Khaw, Claes Ohlsson, Claude Bouchard, John Blangero, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Lorraine Southam, Anette P. Gjesing, Traci M. Bartz, Dabeeru C. Rao, Andrew P. Morris, David P. Strachan, Nita G. Forouhi, Eco J. C. de Geus, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Antti Jula, Ryan W. Walker, Mary F. Feitosa, Reedik Mägi, Aki S. Havulinna, Inger Njølstad, Alan R. Shudiner, Jennifer E. Huffman, Peter Lichtner, Richard N. Bergman, Mariaelisa Graff, Diana Kuh, Tim D. Spector, Robert Luben, Veikko Salomaa, Christian Gieger, Jaspal S. Kooner, Teresa Ferreira, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Sylvain Sebert, Terho Lehtimäki, Heikki A. Koistinen, Alexandra M. Lewin, Alexessander Couto Alves, Peter S. Chines, Lise Lotte N. Husemoen, Salome Scholtens, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Kati Kristiansson, Barbara McKnight, Sara M. Willems, Rainer Rauramaa, Satu Männistö, Stephan J. L. 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0301 basic medicine, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Statistical methods, General Physics and Astronomy, Genome-wide association study, Genome-wide association studies, Mice, HEIGHT, Body Size, Mass index, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Principal Component Analysis, Multidisciplinary, VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801, Anthropometry, Chemistry (all), Phenotype, Common, gene, body, shape, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Principal component analysis, Trait, Science & Technology - Other Topics, DIET-INDUCED OBESITY, Waist, Genotype, 515 Psychology, Science, EARLY-ONSET, Snp, BIOLOGY, HIP RATIO, Genome-wide association studies Statistical methods, Biology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Physics and Astronomy (all), MASS INDEX, DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS, RESOURCE, MD Multidisciplinary, Humans, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all), Science & Technology, Models, Genetic, ta1184, FAT DISTRIBUTION, General Chemistry, ta3121, 030104 developmental biology, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, 3111 Biomedicine, VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801, Body mass index, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways., published version, peerReviewed

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2016
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41. Metabolism-Disrupting Chemical Mixtures during Pregnancy, Folic Acid Supplementation, and Liver Injury in Mother-Child Pairs.

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India-Aldana S, Midya V, Betanzos-Robledo L, Yao M, Alcalá C, Andra SS, Arora M, Calafat AM, Chu J, Deierlein A, Estrada-Gutierrez G, Jagani R, Just AC, Kloog I, Landero J, Oulhote Y, Walker RW, Yelamanchili S, Baccarelli AA, Wright RO, Téllez Rojo MM, Colicino E, Cantoral A, and Valvi D

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Background and Aims: Scarce knowledge about the impact of metabolism-disrupting chemicals (MDCs) on liver injury limits opportunities for intervention. We evaluated pregnancy MDC-mixture associations with liver injury and effect modification by folic acid (FA) supplementation in mother-child pairs., Methods: We studied ∼200 mother-child pairs from the Mexican PROGRESS cohort, with measured 43 MDCs during pregnancy (estimated air pollutants, blood/urine metals or metalloids, urine high- and low-molecular-weight phthalate [HMWPs, LMWPs] and organophosphate-pesticide [OP] metabolites), and serum liver enzymes (ALT, AST) at ∼9 years post-parturition. We defined liver injury as elevated liver enzymes in children, and using established clinical scores for steatosis and fibrosis in mothers (i.e., AST:ALT, FLI, HSI, FIB-4). Bayesian Weighted Quantile Sum regression assessed MDC-mixture associations with liver injury outcomes. We further examined chemical-chemical interactions and effect modification by self-reported FA supplementation., Results: In children, many MDC-mixtures were associated with liver injury outcomes. Per quartile HMWP-mixture increase, ALT increased by 10.1% (95%CI: 1.67%, 19.4%) and AST by 5.27% (95% CI: 0.80%, 10.1%). LMWP-mixtures and air pollutant-mixtures were associated with higher AST and ALT, respectively. Air pollutant and non-essential metal/element associations with liver enzymes were attenuated by maternal cobalt blood concentrations ( p -interactions<0.05). In mothers, only the LMWP-mixture was associated with liver injury [OR=1.53 (95%CI: 1.01, 2.28) for HSI>36, and OR=1.62 (95%CI: 1.05, 2.49) for AST:ALT<1]. In mothers and children, most associations were attenuated (null) at FA supplementation≥600mcg/day ( p -interactions<0.05)., Conclusions: Pregnancy MDC exposures may increase liver injury risk, particularly in children. These associations may be attenuated by higher FA supplementation and maternal cobalt levels.

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2024
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42. Prenatal Lead Exposure is Negatively Associated with the Gut Microbiome in Childhood.

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Eggers S, Midya V, Bixby M, Gennings C, Torres-Olascoaga LA, Walker RW, Wright RO, Arora M, and Téllez-Rojo MM

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Background: Metal exposures are associated with gut microbiome (GM) composition and function, and exposures early in development may be particularly important. Considering the role of the GM in association with many adverse health outcomes, understanding the relationship between prenatal metal exposures and the GM is critically important. However, there is sparse knowledge of the association between prenatal metal exposure and GM later in childhood., Objectives: This analysis aims to identify associations between prenatal lead (Pb) exposure and GM composition and function in children 9-11 years old., Methods: Data come from the Programming Research in Obesity, Growth, Environment and Social Stressors (PROGRESS) cohort based in Mexico City, Mexico. Prenatal metal concentrations were measured in maternal whole blood drawn during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Stool samples collected at 9-11 years old underwent metagenomic sequencing to assess the GM. This analysis uses multiple statistical modeling approaches, including linear regression, permutational analysis of variance, weighted quantile sum regression (WQS), and individual taxa regressions, to estimate the association between maternal blood Pb during pregnancy and multiple aspects of the child GM at 9-11 years old, adjusting for relevant confounders., Results: Of the 123 child participants in this pilot data analysis, 74 were male and 49 were female. Mean prenatal maternal blood Pb was 33.6(SE=2.1) ug/L and 34.9(SE=2.1) ug/L at second and third trimesters, respectively. Analysis suggests a consistent negative relationship between prenatal maternal blood Pb and the GM at age 9-11, including measures of alpha and beta diversity, microbiome mixture analysis, and individual taxa. The WQS analysis showed a negative association between prenatal Pb exposure and the gut microbiome, for both second and third trimester exposures (2Tβ=-0.17,95%CI=[-0.46,0.11]; 3Tβ=-0.17,95%CI=[-0.44,0.10]). Ruminococcus gnavus, Bifidobacterium longum, Alistipes indistinctus, Bacteroides caccae, and Bifidobacterium bifidum all had weights above the importance threshold from 80% or more of the WQS repeated holdouts in association with both second and third trimester Pb exposure., Discussion: Pilot data analysis suggests a negative association between prenatal Pb exposure and the gut microbiome later in childhood; however, additional investigation is needed.

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2023
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43. Correction: 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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Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, Barata L, Feitosa MF, Chu S, Czajkowski J, Esko T, Fall T, Kilpeläinen TO, Lu Y, Mägi R, Mihailov E, Pers TH, Rüeger S, Teumer A, Ehret GB, Ferreira T, Heard-Costa NL, Karjalainen J, Lagou V, Mahajan A, Neinast MD, Prokopenko I, Simino J, Teslovich TM, Jansen R, Westra HJ, White CC, Absher D, Ahluwalia TS, Ahmad S, Albrecht E, Alves AC, Bragg-Gresham JL, de Craen AJ, Bis JC, Bonnefond A, Boucher G, Cadby G, Cheng YC, Chiang CW, Delgado G, Demirkan A, Dueker N, Eklund N, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson J, Feenstra B, Fischer K, Frau F, Galesloot TE, Geller F, Goel A, Gorski M, Grammer TB, Gustafsson S, Haitjema S, Hottenga JJ, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Jacobs KB, Johansson Å, Kaakinen M, Kleber ME, Lahti J, Mateo Leach I, Lehne B, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lorentzon M, Luan J, Madden PA, Mangino M, McKnight B, Medina-Gomez C, Monda KL, Montasser ME, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nolte IM, Panoutsopoulou K, Pascoe L, Paternoster L, Rayner NW, Renström F, Rizzi F, Rose LM, Ryan KA, Salo P, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Shi J, Smith AV, Southam L, Stančáková A, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Sung YJ, Tachmazidou I, Tanaka T, Thorleifsson G, Trompet S, Pervjakova N, Tyrer JP, Vandenput L, van der Laan SW, van der Velde N, van Setten J, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Verweij N, Vlachopoulou E, Waite LL, Wang SR, Wang Z, Wild SH, Willenborg C, Wilson JF, Wong A, Yang J, Yengo L, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Yu L, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Andersson EA, Bakker SJ, Baldassarre D, Banasik K, Barcella M, Barlassina C, Bellis C, Benaglio P, Blangero J, Blüher M, Bonnet F, Bonnycastle LL, Boyd HA, Bruinenberg M, Buchman AS, Campbell H, Chen YI, Chines PS, Claudi-Boehm S, Cole J, Collins FS, de Geus EJ, de Groot LC, Dimitriou M, Duan J, Enroth S, Eury E, Farmaki AE, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Gejman PV, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Go AS, Gottesman O, Gräßler J, Grallert H, Grarup N, Gu YM, Broer L, Ham AC, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie N, Hattersley AT, Heath AC, Henders AK, Hernandez D, Hillege H, Holmen O, Hovingh KG, Hui J, Husemoen LL, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hysi PG, Illig T, De Jager PL, Jalilzadeh S, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Juonala M, Kanoni S, Karaleftheri M, Khaw KT, Kinnunen L, Kittner SJ, Koenig W, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Krarup NT, Kratzer W, Krüger J, Kuh D, Kumari M, Kyriakou T, Langenberg C, Lannfelt L, Lanzani C, Lotay V, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu YP, Lobbens S, Luben R, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Magnusson PK, McArdle WL, Menni C, Merger S, Milani L, Montgomery GW, Morris AP, Narisu N, Nelis M, Ong KK, Palotie A, Pérusse L, Pichler I, Pilia MG, Pouta A, Rheinberger M, Ribel-Madsen R, Richards M, Rice KM, Rice TK, Rivolta C, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sarzynski MA, Scholtens S, Scott RA, Scott WR, Sebert S, Sengupta S, Sennblad B, Seufferlein T, Silveira A, Slagboom PE, Smit JH, Sparsø TH, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Stringham HM, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tan ST, Thorand B, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tsafantakis E, van der Most PJ, Völker U, Vohl MC, Vonk JM, Waldenberger M, Walker RW, Wennauer R, Widén E, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, van Dijk SC, van Schoor NM, Asselbergs FW, de Bakker PI, Beckmann JS, Beilby J, Bennett DA, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Böger CA, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Bottinger EP, Bouchard C, Chambers JC, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Cucca F, Cusi D, Dedoussis G, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Evans DA, de Faire U, Farrall M, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Franke L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Grönberg H, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hamsten A, van der Harst P, Hayward C, Heliövaara M, Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hu F, Huikuri HV, Hveem K, James AL, Jordan JM, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kajantie E, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney LA, Kivimaki M, Knekt PB, Koistinen HA, Kooner JS, Koskinen S, Kuusisto J, Maerz W, Martin NG, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Levinson DF, Lind L, Lokki ML, Mäntyselkä P, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Moll FL, Murray JC, Musk AW, Nieminen MS, Njølstad I, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Pankow JS, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen NL, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Perola M, Peters A, Polašek O, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Qi L, Quertermous T, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rauramaa R, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Rudan I, den Ruijter HM, Saltevo J, Sattar N, Schunkert H, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Snieder H, Sørensen TI, Spector TD, Staessen JA, Stefania B, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stumvoll M, Tardif JC, Tremoli E, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Verbeek AL, Vermeulen SH, Viikari JS, Vitart V, Völzke H, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Walker M, Wallaschofski H, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Zeggini E, Chakravarti A, Clegg DJ, Cupples LA, Gordon-Larsen P, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Barroso I, Berndt SI, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Hunter DJ, Ingelsson E, Kaplan RC, McCarthy MI, Mohlke KL, O'Connell JR, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Hirschhorn JN, Lindgren CM, Heid IM, North KE, Borecki IB, Kutalik Z, and Loos RJ

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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005378.].

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2016
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44. 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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Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, Barata L, Feitosa MF, Chu S, Czajkowski J, Esko T, Fall T, Kilpeläinen TO, Lu Y, Mägi R, Mihailov E, Pers TH, Rüeger S, Teumer A, Ehret GB, Ferreira T, Heard-Costa NL, Karjalainen J, Lagou V, Mahajan A, Neinast MD, Prokopenko I, Simino J, Teslovich TM, Jansen R, Westra HJ, White CC, Absher D, Ahluwalia TS, Ahmad S, Albrecht E, Alves AC, Bragg-Gresham JL, de Craen AJ, Bis JC, Bonnefond A, Boucher G, Cadby G, Cheng YC, Chiang CW, Delgado G, Demirkan A, Dueker N, Eklund N, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson J, Feenstra B, Fischer K, Frau F, Galesloot TE, Geller F, Goel A, Gorski M, Grammer TB, Gustafsson S, Haitjema S, Hottenga JJ, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Jacobs KB, Johansson Å, Kaakinen M, Kleber ME, Lahti J, Mateo Leach I, Lehne B, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lorentzon M, Luan J, Madden PA, Mangino M, McKnight B, Medina-Gomez C, Monda KL, Montasser ME, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nolte IM, Panoutsopoulou K, Pascoe L, Paternoster L, Rayner NW, Renström F, Rizzi F, Rose LM, Ryan KA, Salo P, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Shi J, Smith AV, Southam L, Stančáková A, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Sung YJ, Tachmazidou I, Tanaka T, Thorleifsson G, Trompet S, Pervjakova N, Tyrer JP, Vandenput L, van der Laan SW, van der Velde N, van Setten J, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Verweij N, Vlachopoulou E, Waite LL, Wang SR, Wang Z, Wild SH, Willenborg C, Wilson JF, Wong A, Yang J, Yengo L, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Yu L, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Andersson EA, Bakker SJ, Baldassarre D, Banasik K, Barcella M, Barlassina C, Bellis C, Benaglio P, Blangero J, Blüher M, Bonnet F, Bonnycastle LL, Boyd HA, Bruinenberg M, Buchman AS, Campbell H, Chen YD, Chines PS, Claudi-Boehm S, Cole J, Collins FS, de Geus EJ, de Groot LC, Dimitriou M, Duan J, Enroth S, Eury E, Farmaki AE, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Gejman PV, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Go AS, Gottesman O, Gräßler J, Grallert H, Grarup N, Gu YM, Broer L, Ham AC, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie N, Hattersley AT, Heath AC, Henders AK, Hernandez D, Hillege H, Holmen O, Hovingh KG, Hui J, Husemoen LL, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hysi PG, Illig T, De Jager PL, Jalilzadeh S, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Juonala M, Kanoni S, Karaleftheri M, Khaw KT, Kinnunen L, Kittner SJ, Koenig W, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Krarup NT, Kratzer W, Krüger J, Kuh D, Kumari M, Kyriakou T, Langenberg C, Lannfelt L, Lanzani C, Lotay V, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu YP, Lobbens S, Luben R, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Magnusson PK, McArdle WL, Menni C, Merger S, Milani L, Montgomery GW, Morris AP, Narisu N, Nelis M, Ong KK, Palotie A, Pérusse L, Pichler I, Pilia MG, Pouta A, Rheinberger M, Ribel-Madsen R, Richards M, Rice KM, Rice TK, Rivolta C, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sarzynski MA, Scholtens S, Scott RA, Scott WR, Sebert S, Sengupta S, Sennblad B, Seufferlein T, Silveira A, Slagboom PE, Smit JH, Sparsø TH, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Stringham HM, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tan ST, Thorand B, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tsafantakis E, van der Most PJ, Völker U, Vohl MC, Vonk JM, Waldenberger M, Walker RW, Wennauer R, Widén E, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, van Dijk SC, van Schoor NM, Asselbergs FW, de Bakker PI, Beckmann JS, Beilby J, Bennett DA, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Böger CA, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Bottinger EP, Bouchard C, Chambers JC, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Cucca F, Cusi D, Dedoussis G, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Evans DA, de Faire U, Farrall M, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Franke L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Grönberg H, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hamsten A, van der Harst P, Hayward C, Heliövaara M, Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hu F, Huikuri HV, Hveem K, James AL, Jordan JM, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kajantie E, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney LA, Kivimaki M, Knekt PB, Koistinen HA, Kooner JS, Koskinen S, Kuusisto J, Maerz W, Martin NG, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Levinson DF, Lind L, Lokki ML, Mäntyselkä P, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Moll FL, Murray JC, Musk AW, Nieminen MS, Njølstad I, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Pankow JS, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen NL, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Perola M, Peters A, Polašek O, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Qi L, Quertermous T, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rauramaa R, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Rudan I, den Ruijter HM, Saltevo J, Sattar N, Schunkert H, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Snieder H, Sørensen TI, Spector TD, Staessen JA, Stefania B, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stumvoll M, Tardif JC, Tremoli E, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Verbeek AL, Vermeulen SH, Viikari JS, Vitart V, Völzke H, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Walker M, Wallaschofski H, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Zeggini E, Chakravarti A, Clegg DJ, Cupples LA, Gordon-Larsen P, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Barroso I, Berndt SI, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Hunter DJ, Ingelsson E, Kaplan RC, McCarthy MI, Mohlke KL, O'Connell JR, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Hirschhorn JN, Lindgren CM, Heid IM, North KE, Borecki IB, Kutalik Z, and Loos RJ

Subjects
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Chromosome Mapping, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sex Characteristics, Waist-Hip Ratio, White People, Body Mass Index, Body Size genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
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 ~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 provide further insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shape.

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2015
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45. Laboratory Determined Sugar Content and Composition of Commercial Infant Formulas, Baby Foods and Common Grocery Items Targeted to Children.

Author

Walker RW and Goran MI

Subjects
Child, Humans, Infant, Nutritive Value, Carbohydrates chemistry, Food Analysis, Infant Formula chemistry
Abstract

Excess added sugar consumption is tied to poor health outcomes in children. The sugar content of beverages and foods children are exposed to is mostly unknown, yet this information is imperative for understanding potential risks from overconsumption of sugars in early life. We determined actual sugar content by conducting a blinded laboratory analysis in infant formulas, breakfast cereals, packaged baked goods and yogurts. One hundred samples were sent to an independent laboratory for analysis via gas chromatography. Sugar content and composition was determined and total sugar was compared against nutrition labels. Of the 100 samples analyzed, 74% contained ≥20% of total calories per serving from added sugars. Nutrient label data underestimated or overestimated actual sugars and ~25% of all samples had actual total sugar values that were either <10% or >10% of labeled total sugar. Many products that are frequently marketed to and consumed by infants and young children contain sugars in amounts that differ from nutrition labels and often in excess of recommended daily levels. These findings provide further support for adding more comprehensive sugar labeling to food and beverage products, specifically those marketed to, or commonly consumed by, children.

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2015
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