Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.

Janine F Felix, Jonathan P Bradfield, Claire Monnereau, Ralf J P van der Valk, Evie Stergiakouli, Alessandra Chesi, Romy Gaillard, Bjarke Feenstra, Elisabeth Thiering, Eskil Kreiner-Møller, Anubha Mahajan, Niina Pitkänen, Raimo Joro, Alana Cavadino, Ville Huikari, Steve Franks, Maria M Groen-Blokhuis, Diana L Cousminer, Julie A Marsh, Terho LehtimäkiJohn Curtin, Jesus Vioque, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Ronny Myhre, Thomas S Price, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Loïc Yengo, Niels Grarup, Ioanna Ntalla, Wei Ang, Mustafa Atalay, Hans Bisgaard, Alexandra I Blakemore, Amelie Bonnefond, Lisbeth Carstensen, Johan Eriksson, Claudia Flexeder, Lude Franke, Frank Geller, Mandy Geserick, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Claire M A Haworth, Joel N Hirschhorn, Albert Hofman, Jens-Christian Holm, Momoko Horikoshi, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Jinyan Huang, Haja N Kadarmideen, Mika Kähönen, Wieland Kiess, Hanna-Maaria Lakka, Timo A Lakka, Alexandra M Lewin, Liming Liang, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Baoshan Ma, Per Magnus, Shana E McCormack, George McMahon, Frank D Mentch, Christel M Middeldorp, Clare Murray, Katja Pahkala, Tune H Pers, Roland Pfäffle, Dirkje S Postma, Christine Power, Angela Simpson, Verena Sengpiel, Carla M T Tiesler, Maties Torrent, André G Uitterlinden, Joyce B van Meurs, Rebecca Vinding, Johannes Waage, Jane Wardle, Eleftheria Zeggini, George V Dedoussis, Oluf Pedersen, Philippe Froguel, Jordi Sunyer, Robert Plomin, Bo Jacobsson, Torben Hansen, Juan R Gonzalez, Adnan Custovic, Olli T Raitakari, Craig E Pennell, Elisabeth Widén, Dorret I Boomsma, Gerard H Koppelman, Sylvain Sebert, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Elina Hyppönen, Mark I McCarthy, Virpi Lindi, Niinikoski Harri, Antje Körner, Klaus Bønnelykke, Joachim Heinrich, Mads Melbye, Fernando Rivadeneira, Hakon Hakonarson, Susan M Ring, George Davey-Smith, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Nicholas J Timpson, Struan F A Grant, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Heidi J Kalkwarf (Collaborator), Joan M Lappe (Collaborator), Vicente Gilsanz (Collaborator), Sharon E Oberfield (Collaborator), John A Shepherd (Collaborator), Andrea Kelly (Collaborator), Babette S Zemel (Collaborator)

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Abstract

A large number of genetic loci are associated with adult body mass index. However, the genetics of childhood body mass index are largely unknown. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of childhood body mass index, using sex- and age-adjusted standard deviation scores. We included 35,668 children from 20 studies in the discovery phase and 11,873 children from 13 studies in the replication phase. In total, 15 loci reached genome-wide-significance (P-value
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-403
JournalHuman Molecular Genetics
Volume25
Issue number2
Early online date24 Nov 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2016

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