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| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature | ||||
| Publisher: | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | ||||
| Place of Publication: | LONDON | ||||
| Volume: | 518 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 7538 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 187-196 | ||||
| Date: | 2015 | ||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Lehrstuhl für Genetische Epidemiologie | ||||
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| Keywords: | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION; ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY; SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM; GLYCEMIC TRAITS; FALSE DISCOVERY; COMMON SNPS; METAANALYSIS; VARIANTS; RISK; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 60649 |
Abstract
Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 ...

Abstract
Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 x 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms.
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