Genome-wide population-based association study of extremely overweight young adults--the GOYA study

Lavinia Paternoster, David M Evans, Ellen Aagaard Nohr, Claus Holst, Valerie Gaborieau, Paul Brennan, Anette Prior Gjesing, Niels Grarup, Daniel R Witte, Torben Jørgensen, Allan René Linneberg, Torsten Lauritzen, Anelli Sandbaek, Torben Hansen, Oluf Borbye Pedersen, Katherine S Elliott, John P Kemp, Beate St Pourcain, George McMahon, Diana ZelenikaJörg Hager, Mark Lathrop, Nicholas J Timpson, George Davey Smith, Thorkild I A Sørensen

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Abstract

Thirty-two common variants associated with body mass index (BMI) have been identified in genome-wide association studies, explaining ∼1.45% of BMI variation in general population cohorts. We performed a genome-wide association study in a sample of young adults enriched for extremely overweight individuals. We aimed to identify new loci associated with BMI and to ascertain whether using an extreme sampling design would identify the variants known to be associated with BMI in general populations.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere24303
TidsskriftP L o S One
Vol/bind6
Udgave nummer9
ISSN1932-6203
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2011

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