Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/ng.274. Epub 2008 Dec 14.

G Bragi Walters, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Patrick Sulem, Anna Helgadottir, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Solveig Gretarsdottir, Steinunn Thorlacius, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Thorbjorg Jonsdottir, Elinborg J Olafsdottir, Gudridur H Olafsdottir, Thorvaldur Jonsson, Frosti Jonsson, Knut Borch-Johnsen, Torben Hansen, Gitte Andersen, Torben Jorgensen, Torsten Lauritzen, Katja K Aben, André L M Verbeek, Nel Roeleveld, Ellen Kampman, Lisa R Yanek, Lewis C Becker, Laufey Tryggvadottir, Thorunn Rafnar, Diane M Becker, Jeffrey Gulcher, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Oluf Pedersen, Augustine Kong, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson

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Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

Gudmar Thorleifsson et al. Nat Genet. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

Obesity results from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. To search for sequence variants that affect variation in two common measures of obesity, weight and body mass index (BMI), both of which are highly heritable, we performed a genome-wide association (GWA) study with 305,846 SNPs typed in 25,344 Icelandic, 2,998 Dutch, 1,890 European Americans and 1,160 African American subjects and combined the results with previously published results from the Diabetes Genetics Initiative (DGI) on 3,024 Scandinavians. We selected 43 variants in 19 regions for follow-up in 5,586 Danish individuals and compared the results to a genome-wide study on obesity-related traits from the GIANT consortium. In total, 29 variants, some correlated, in 11 chromosomal regions reached a genome-wide significance threshold of P < 1.6 x 10(-7). This includes previously identified variants close to or in the FTO, MC4R, BDNF and SH2B1 genes, in addition to variants at seven loci not previously connected with obesity.

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