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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Journal article published in 2013 by M. M. van der Klauw, J. van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Sonja I. Berndt, Stefan Gustafsson, Reedik Mägi, Andrea Ganna ORCID, Eleanor Wheeler, Mary F. Feitosa, Anne E. Justice, Keri L. Monda, Reedik Maegi, Damien C. Croteau-Chonka, Felix R. Day ORCID, Tõnu Esko ORCID, Anne E. and other authors.
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Abstract

Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups. © 2013 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.