Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness.
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Abstract | Hand grip strength is a widely used proxy of muscular fitness, a marker of frailty, and predictor of a range of morbidities and all-cause mortality. To investigate the genetic determinants of variation in grip strength, we perform a large-scale genetic discovery analysis in a combined sample of 195,180 individuals and identify 16 loci associated with grip strength (P |
Year of Publication | 2017
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Journal | Nat Commun
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Volume | 8
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Pages | 16015
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Date Published | 2017 07 12
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ISSN | 2041-1723
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DOI | 10.1038/ncomms16015
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PubMed ID | 29313844
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PubMed Central ID | PMC5510175
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Grant list | P30 DK048520 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
MR/N003284/1 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
G1000143 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MC_U106179473 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
R01 AR041398 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12015/2 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
P30 DK072488 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
G0401527 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
U24 AG051129 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
WT_ / Wellcome Trust / United Kingdom
R21 AR056405 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
MC_QA137853 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/N011317/1 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
UL1 TR002369 / TR / NCATS NIH HHS / United States
MC_UU_12015/3 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MC_UU_12015/1 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
R01 HL105756 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
G0902313 / MRC_ / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
U01 HG004436 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
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