New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

M Horikoshi, H Yaghootkar, Dennis Mook, U Sovio, Rob Taal, BJ Hennig, JP Bradfield, B St Pourcain, DM Evans, P Charoen, M Kaakinen, DL Cousminer, T Lehtimaki, E Kreiner-Moller, NM Warrington, M Bustamante, B Feenstra, DJ Berry, E Thiering, T PfabSJ Barton, BM Shields, Marjon Kerkhof, Elisa Leeuwen, AJ Fulford, Z Kutalik, M den Hoed, A Mahajan, V Lindi, LK Goh, JJ (Jouke Jan) Hottenga, Fenny Wu, OT Raitakari, MN Harder, A Meirhaeghe, I Ntalla, RM Salem, KA Jameson, KX Zhou, DM Monies, V Lagou, M Kirin, J Heikkinen, LS Adair, FS Alkuraya, A Al-Odaib, P Amouyel, EA Andersson, AJ Bennett, AIF Blakemore, JL Buxton, J Dallongeville, Suman Das, EJC de Geus, X Estivill, C Flexeder, P Froguel, F Geller, KM Godfrey, F Gottrand, CJ Groves, T Hansen, JN Hirschhorn, Bert Hofman, MV Hollegaard, DM Hougaard, E Hypponen, HM Inskip, Aaron Isaacs, T Jorgensen, C Kanaka-Gantenbein, JP Kemp, W Kiess, TO Kilpelainen, N Klopp, BA Knight, CW Kuzawa, G McMahon, JP Newnham, H Niinikoski, Ben Oostra, L Pedersen, DS Postma, SM Ring, Fernando Rivadeneira, NR Robertson, S Sebert, O Simell, T Slowinski, CMT Tiesler, A Tonjes, A Vaag, JS Viikari, JM Vink, NH Vissing, NJ Wareham, G Willemsen, DR Witte, HT Zhang, JH Zhao, JF Wilson, M Stumvoll, AM Prentice, BF Meyer, ER Pearson, CAG Boreham, C Cooper, MW Gillman, GV Dedoussis, LA Moreno, O Pedersen, M Saarinen, KL Mohlke, DI Boomsma, SM Saw, TA Lakka, A Korner, RJF Loos, KK Ong, P Vollenweider, Cornelia Duijn, GH Koppelman, AT Hattersley, JW Holloway, B Hocher, J (Joachim) Heinrich, C Power, M Melbye, Monica Guxens Junyent, CE Pennell, K Bonnelykke, H Bisgaard, JG Eriksson, E Widen, H Hakonarson, André Uitterlinden, A Pouta, DA Lawlor, GD Smith, TM Frayling, MI McCarthy, SFA Grant, Vincent Jaddoe, MR Jarvelin, NJ Timpson, I Prokopenko, RM Freathy

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Abstract

Birth weight within the normal range is associated with a variety of adult-onset diseases, but the mechanisms behind these associations are poorly understood(1). Previous genome-wide association studies of birth weight identified a variant in the ADCY5 gene associated both with birth weight and type 2 diabetes and a second variant, near CCNL1, with no obvious link to adult traits(2). In an expanded genome-wide association metaanalysis and follow-up study of birth weight (of up to 69,308 individuals of European descent from 43 studies), we have now extended the number of loci associated at genome-wide significance to 7, accounting for a similar proportion of variance as maternal smoking. Five of the loci are known to be associated with other phenotypes: ADCY5 and CDKAL1 with type 2 diabetes, ADRB1 with adult blood pressure and HMGA2 and LCORL with adult height. Our findings highlight genetic links between fetal growth and postnatal growth and metabolism.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)76-U115
JournalNature Genetics
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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  • EMC MM-04-54-08-A
  • EMC NIHES-01-64-02

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