New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk.

Nat Commun
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Abstract

To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P

Year of Publication
2016
Journal
Nat Commun
Volume
7
Pages
10495
Date Published
2016 Feb 01
ISSN
2041-1723
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DOI
10.1038/ncomms10495
PubMed ID
26833246
PubMed Central ID
PMC4740398
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British Heart Foundation / United Kingdom
MC_UP_A100_1003 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
R01 DK106236 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK072193 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
P30 DK079637 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/J012165/1 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
Department of Health / United Kingdom
R01 DK075787 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12015/1 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MC_U106179471 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
K01 HL129892 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12015/2 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/J010642/1 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Canada
Cancer Research UK / United Kingdom
MC_U106179472 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
IK2 CX000729 / CX / CSRD VA / United States
P30 DK020541 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12013/4 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MC_PC_U127561128 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
Arthritis Research UK / United Kingdom
R01 DK089256 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
K01 AR062655 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
MR/K006584/1 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/K013351/1 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
281641 / European Research Council / International
P30 DK020572 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12015/5 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
Chief Scientist Office / United Kingdom
MC_UU_12011/4 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
R01 HL117078 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
10589 / Cancer Research UK / United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust / United Kingdom