TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution
AU - Lindgren, Cecilia M.
AU - Heid, Iris M.
AU - groep
AU - Randall, Joshua C.
AU - Lamina, Claudia
AU - Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur
AU - Qi, Lu
AU - Speliotes, Elizabeth K.
AU - Thorleifsson, Gudmar
AU - Willer, Cristen J.
AU - Herrera, Blanca M.
AU - Jackson, Anne U.
AU - Lim, Noha
AU - Scheet, Paul
AU - Soranzo, Nicole
AU - Amin, Najaf
AU - Aulchenko, Yurii S.
AU - Chambers, John C.
AU - Drong, Alexander
AU - Luan, Jia N.an
AU - Lyon, Helen N.
AU - Rivadeneira, Fernando
AU - Sanna, Serena
AU - Timpson, Nicholas J.
AU - Zillikens, M. Carola
AU - Jing, Hua Zhao
AU - Almgren, Peter
AU - Bandinelli, Stefania
AU - Bennett, Amanda J.
AU - Bergman, Richard N.
AU - Bonnycastle, Lori L.
AU - Bumpstead, Suzannah J.
AU - Chanock, Stephen J.
AU - Cherkas, Lynn
AU - Chines, Peter
AU - Coin, Lachlan
AU - Cooper, Cyrus
AU - Crawford, Gabriel
AU - Doering, Angela
AU - Dominiczak, Anna
AU - Doney, Alex S.F.
AU - Ebrahim, Shah
AU - Elliott, Paul
AU - Erdos, Michael R.
AU - Estrada, Karol
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Hofman, Albert
AU - Jacobs, Leonie C.
AU - Oostra, Ben A.
AU - Uitterlinden, André G.
AU - Van Duijn, Cornelia M.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - 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 = 1.9×102 -11) and MSRA (WC, P = 8.9×10-9). A third locus, near LYPLAL1, was associated with WHR in women only (P = 2.6×10 -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.
AB - 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 = 1.9×102 -11) and MSRA (WC, P = 8.9×10-9). A third locus, near LYPLAL1, was associated with WHR in women only (P = 2.6×10 -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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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000508
DO - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000508
M3 - Article
C2 - 19557161
AN - SCOPUS:67651236725
SN - 1553-7390
VL - 5
JO - PLoS Genetics
JF - PLoS Genetics
IS - 6
M1 - e1000508
ER -