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A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry

Monda, Keri L. ; Chen, Gary K. ; Taylor, Kira C. ; Palmer, Cameron ; Edwards, Todd L. ; Lange, Leslie A. ; Ng, Maggie C. Y. ; Adeyemo, Adebowale A. ; Allison, Matthew A. ; Bielak, Lawrence F. ; Chen, Guanjie ; Graff, Mariaelisa ; Irvin, Marguerite R. ; Rhie, Suhn K. ; Li, Guo ; Liu, Yongmei ; Liu, Youfang ; Lu, Yingchang ; Nalls, Michael A. ; Sun, Yan V. ; Wojczynski, Mary K. ; Yanek, Lisa R. ; Aldrich, Melinda C. ; Ademola, Adeyinka ; Amos, Christopher I. ; Bandera, Elisa V. ; Bock, Cathryn H. ; Britton, Angela ; Broeckel, Ulrich ; Cai, Quiyin ; Caporaso, Neil E. ; Carlson, Chris S. ; Carpten, John ; Casey, Graham ; Chen, Wei-Min ; Chen, Fang ; Chen, Yii-Der I. ; Chiang, Charleston W. K. ; Coetzee, Gerhard A. ; Demerath, Ellen ; Deming-Halverson, Sandra L. ; Driver, Ryan W. ; Dubbert, Patricia ; Feitosa, Mary F. ; Feng, Ye ; Freedman, Barry I. ; Gillanders, Elizabeth M. ; Gottesman, Omri ; Guo, Xiuqing ; Haritunians, Talin ; Harris, Tamara ; Harris, Curtis C. ; Hennis, Anselm J. M. ; Hernandez, Dena G. ; McNeill, Lorna H. ; Howard, Timothy D. ; Howard, Barbara V. ; Howard, Virginia J. ; Johnson, Karen C. ; Kang, Sun J. ; Keating, Brendan J. ; Kolb, Suzanne ; Kuller, Lewis H. ; Kutlar, Abdullah ; Langefeld, Carl D. ; Lettre, Guillaume ; Lohman, Kurt ; Lotay, Vaneet ; Lyon, Helen ; Manson, JoAnn E. ; Maixner, William ; Meng, Yan A. ; Monroe, Kristine R. ; Morhason-Bello, Imran ; Murphy, Adam B. ; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C. ; Nadukuru, Rajiv ; Nathanson, Katherine L. ; Nayak, Uma ; N'Diaye, Amidou ; Nemesure, Barbara ; Wu, Suh-Yuh ; Leske, M. Cristina ; Neslund-Dudas, Christine ; Neuhouser, Marian ; Nyante, Sarah ; Ochs-Balcom, Heather ; Ogunniyi, Adesola ; Ogundiran, Temidayo O. ; Ojengbede, Oladosu ; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. ; Palmer, Julie R. ; Ruiz-Narvaez, Edward A. ; Palmer, Nicholette D. ; Press, Michael F. ; Rampersaud, Evandine ; Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J. ; Rodriguez-Gil, Jorge L. ; Salako, Babatunde ; Schadt, Eric E. ; Schwartz, Ann G. ; Shriner, Daniel A. ; Siscovick, David ; Smith, Shad B. ; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia ; Speliotes, Elizabeth K. ; Spitz, Margaret R. ; Sucheston, Lara ; Taylor, Herman ; Tayo, Bamidele O. ; Tucker, Margaret A. ; Van Den Berg, David J. ; Edwards, Digna R. Velez ; Wang, Zhaoming ; Wiencke, John K. ; Winkler, Thomas W. ; Witte, John S. ; Wrensch, Margaret ; Wu, Xifeng ; Yang, James J. ; Levin, Albert M. ; Young, Taylor R. ; Zakai, Neil A. ; Cushman, Mary ; Zanetti, Krista A. ; Zhao, Jing Hua ; Zhao, Wei ; Zheng, Yonglan ; Zhou, Jie ; Ziegler, Regina G. ; Zmuda, Joseph M. ; Fernandes, Jyotika K. ; Gilkeson, Gary S. ; Kamen, Diane L. ; Hunt, Kelly J. ; Spruill, Ida J. ; Ambrosone, Christine B. ; Ambs, Stefan ; Arnett, Donna K. ; Atwood, Larry ; Becker, Diane M. ; Berndt, Sonja I. ; Bernstein, Leslie ; Blot, William J. ; Borecki, Ingrid B. ; Bottinger, Erwin P. ; Bowden, Donald W. ; Burke, Gregory ; Chanock, Stephen J. ; Cooper, Richard S. ; Ding, Jingzhong ; Duggan, David ; Evans, Michele K. ; Fox, Caroline ; Garvey, W. Timothy ; Bradfield, Jonathan P. ; Hakonarson, Hakon ; Grant, Struan F. A. ; Hsing, Ann ; Chu, Lisa ; Hu, Jennifer J. ; Huo, Dezheng ; Ingles, Sue A. ; John, Esther M. ; Jordan, Joanne M. ; Kabagambe, Edmond K. ; Kardia, Sharon L. R. ; Kittles, Rick A. ; Goodman, Phyllis J. ; Klein, Eric A. ; Kolonel, Laurence N. ; Le Marchand, Loic ; Liu, Simin ; McKnight, Barbara ; Millikan, Robert C. ; Mosley, Thomas H. ; Padhukasahasram, Badri ; Williams, L. Keoki ; Patel, Sanjay R. ; Peters, Ulrike ; Pettaway, Curtis A. ; Peyser, Patricia A. ; Psaty, Bruce M. ; Redline, Susan ; Rotimi, Charles N. ; Rybicki, Benjamin A. ; Sale, Michèle M. ; Schreiner, Pamela J. ; Signorello, Lisa B. ; Singleton, Andrew B. ; Stanford, Janet L. ; Strom, Sara S. ; Thun, Michael J. ; Vitolins, Mara ; Zheng, Wei ; Moore, Jason H. ; Williams, Scott M. ; Ketkar, Shamika ; Zhu, Xiaofeng ; Zonderman, Alan B. ; Kooperberg, Charles ; Papanicolaou, George J. ; Henderson, Brian E. ; Reiner, Alex P. ; Hirschhorn, Joel N. ; Loos, Ruth J. F. ; North, Kari E. ; Haiman, Christopher A.



Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 36 loci associated with body mass index (BMI), predominantly in populations of European ancestry. We conducted a meta-analysis to examine the association of >3.2 million SNPs with BMI in 39,144 men and women of African ancestry and followed up the most significant associations in an additional 32,268 individuals of African ancestry. We ...

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