Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution
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Hunter, David J.; Peltonen, Leena; Guiducci, Candace; Crawford, Gabriel; Hirschhorn, Joel N.; Lyon, Helen N.; Speliotes, Elizabeth K.; ... Show more Show less
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To identify genetic loci influencing central obesity and fat distribution, we performed a meta-analysis of 16 genome-wide association studies (GWAS, N = 38,580) informative for adult waist circumference (WC) and waist–hip ratio (WHR). We selected 26 SNPs for follow-up, for which the evidence of association with measures of central adiposity (WC and/or WHR) was strong and disproportionate to that for overall adiposity or height. Follow-up studies in a maximum of 70,689 individuals identified two loci strongly associated with measures of central adiposity; these map near TFAP2B (WC, P = 1.9×10[superscript −11]) and MSRA (WC, P = 8.9×10[superscript −9]). A third locus, near LYPLAL1, was associated with WHR in women only (P = 2.6×10[superscript −8]). The variants near TFAP2B appear to influence central adiposity through an effect on overall obesity/fat-mass, whereas LYPLAL1 displays a strong female-only association with fat distribution. By focusing on anthropometric measures of central obesity and fat distribution, we have identified three loci implicated in the regulation of human adiposity.
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2009-06Department
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardJournal
PLoS Genetics
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Public Library of Science
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Lindgren, Cecilia M. et al. “Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution.” PLoS Genet 5.6 (2009): e1000508.
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1553-7404
1553-7390