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Via the CoLaus and Hypergenes cohorts our group contributed to the meta-analysis of the GIANT consortium that revealed hundreds of genetic variants associated with human height; 18 new loci for body mass index; and 13 new loci for waist-hip-ratio.

Our group - as the analyst of the CoLaus and Hypergenes cohorts - provided genome-wide association summary statistics for the meta-analytic effort of the GIANT consortium. The meta-analysis used 183,727 individuals to reveal 180 loci harbouring genetic variants associated with adult height. These variants are clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways.

A further association analysis of 249,796 individuals revealed 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.

Finally, a meta-analysis identified 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio. Seven of these loci exhibited marked sexual dimorphism, all with a stronger effect on WHR in women than men. These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions.

Elizabeth K Speliotes, Cristen J Willer, Sonja I Berndt, Keri L Monda, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Anne U Jackson, Hana Lango Allen, Cecilia M Lindgren, Jian'an Luan, Reedik Mägi, Joshua C Randall, Sailaja Vedantam, Thomas W Winkler, Lu Qi, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Iris M Heid, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Heather M Stringham, Michael N Weedon, Eleanor Wheeler, Andrew R Wood, Teresa Ferreira, Robert J Weyant, Ayellet V Segrè, Karol Estrada, Liming Liang, James Nemesh, Ju-Hyun Park, Stefan Gustafsson, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Jian Yang, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Tõnu Esko, Mary F Feitosa, Zoltán Kutalik, Massimo Mangino, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Andre Scherag, Albert Vernon Smith, Ryan Welch, Jing Hua Zhao, Katja K Aben, Devin M Absher, Najaf Amin, Anna L Dixon, Eva Fisher, Nicole L Glazer, Michael E Goddard, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Volker Hoesel, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Asa Johansson, Toby Johnson, Shamika Ketkar, Claudia Lamina, Shengxu Li, Miriam F Moffatt, Richard H Myers, Narisu Narisu, John R B Perry, Marjolein J Peters, Michael Preuss, Samuli Ripatti, Fernando Rivadeneira, Camilla Sandholt, Laura J Scott, Nicholas J Timpson, Jonathan P Tyrer, Sophie van Wingerden, Richard M Watanabe, Charles C White, Fredrik Wiklund, Christina Barlassina, Daniel I Chasman, Matthew N Cooper, John-Olov Jansson, Robert W Lawrence, Niina Pellikka, Inga Prokopenko, Jianxin Shi, Elisabeth Thiering, Helene Alavere, Maria T S Alibrandi, Peter Almgren, Alice M Arnold, Thor Aspelund, Larry D Atwood, Beverley Balkau, Anthony J Balmforth, Amanda J Bennett, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Heike Biebermann, Alexandra I F Blakemore, Tanja Boes, Lori L Bonnycastle, Stefan R Bornstein, Morris J Brown, Thomas A Buchanan, Fabio Busonero, Harry Campbell, Francesco P Cappuccio, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Chih-Mei Chen, Peter S Chines, Robert Clarke, Lachlan Coin, John Connell, Ian N M Day, Martin den Heijer, Jubao Duan, Shah Ebrahim, Paul Elliott, Roberto Elosua, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Michael R Erdos, Johan G Eriksson, Maurizio F Facheris, Stephan B Felix, Pamela Fischer-Posovszky, Aaron R Folsom, Nele Friedrich, Nelson B Freimer, Mao Fu, Stefan Gaget, Pablo V Gejman, Eco J C Geus, Christian Gieger, Anette P Gjesing, Anuj Goel, Philippe Goyette, Harald Grallert, Jürgen Grässler, Danielle M Greenawalt, Christopher J Groves, Vilmundur Gudnason, Candace Guiducci, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Neelam Hassanali, Alistair S Hall, Aki S Havulinna, Caroline Hayward, Andrew C Heath, Christian Hengstenberg, Andrew A Hicks, Anke Hinney, Albert Hofman, Georg Homuth, Jennie Hui, Wilmar Igl, Carlos Iribarren, Bo Isomaa, Kevin B Jacobs, Ivonne Jarick, Elizabeth Jewell, Ulrich John, Torben Jørgensen, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti Jula, Marika Kaakinen, Eero Kajantie, Lee M Kaplan, Sekar Kathiresan, Johannes Kettunen, Leena Kinnunen, Joshua W Knowles, Ivana Kolcic, Inke R König, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Johanna Kuusisto, Peter Kraft, Kirsti Kvaløy, Jaana Laitinen, Olivier Lantieri, Chiara Lanzani, Lenore J Launer, Cecile Lecoeur, Terho Lehtimäki, Guillaume Lettre, Jianjun Liu, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Mattias Lorentzon, Robert N Luben, Barbara Ludwig, MAGIC, Paolo Manunta, Diana Marek, Michel Marre, Nicholas G Martin, Wendy L McArdle, Anne McCarthy, Barbara McKnight, Thomas Meitinger, Olle Melander, David Meyre, Kristian Midthjell, Grant W Montgomery, Mario A Morken, Andrew P Morris, Rosanda Mulic, Julius S Ngwa, Mari Nelis, Matt J Neville, Dale R Nyholt, Christopher J O'Donnell, Stephen O'Rahilly, Ken K Ong, Ben Oostra, Guillaume Paré, Alex N Parker, Markus Perola, Irene Pichler, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Carl G P Platou, Ozren Polasek, Anneli Pouta, Suzanne Rafelt, Olli Raitakari, Nigel W Rayner, Martin Ridderstråle, Winfried Rief, Aimo Ruokonen, Neil R Robertson, Peter Rzehak, Veikko Salomaa, Alan R Sanders, Manjinder S Sandhu, Serena Sanna, Jouko Saramies, Markku J Savolainen, Susann Scherag, Sabine Schipf, Stefan Schreiber, Heribert Schunkert, Kaisa Silander, Juha Sinisalo, David S Siscovick, Jan H Smit, Nicole Soranzo, Ulla Sovio, Jonathan Stephens, Ida Surakka, Amy J Swift, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Jean-Claude Tardif, Maris Teder-Laving, Tanya M Teslovich, John R Thompson, Brian Thomson, Anke Tönjes, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Joyce B J van Meurs, Gert-Jan van Ommen, Vincent Vatin, Jorma Viikari, Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Veronique Vitart, Carla I G Vogel, Benjamin F Voight, Lindsay L Waite, Henri Wallaschofski, G Bragi Walters, Elisabeth Widen, Susanna Wiegand, Sarah H Wild, Gonneke Willemsen, Daniel R Witte, Jacqueline C Witteman, Jianfeng Xu, Qunyuan Zhang, Lina Zgaga, Andreas Ziegler, Paavo Zitting, John P Beilby, I Sadaf Farooqi, Johannes Hebebrand, Heikki V Huikuri, Alan L James, Mika Kähönen, Douglas F Levinson, Fabio Macciardi, Markku S Nieminen, Claes Ohlsson, Lyle J Palmer, Paul M Ridker, Michael Stumvoll, Jacques S Beckmann, Heiner Boeing, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I Boomsma, Mark J Caulfield, Stephen J Chanock, Francis S Collins, L Adrienne Cupples, George Davey Smith, Jeanette Erdmann, Philippe Froguel, Henrik Grönberg, Ulf Gyllensten, Per Hall, Torben Hansen, Tamara B Harris, Andrew T Hattersley, Richard B Hayes, Joachim Heinrich, Frank B Hu, Kristian Hveem, Thomas Illig, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Jaakko Kaprio, Fredrik Karpe, Kay-Tee Khaw, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Heiko Krude, Markku Laakso, Debbie A Lawlor, Andres Metspalu, Patricia B Munroe, Willem H Ouwehand, Oluf Pedersen, Brenda W Penninx, Annette Peters, Peter P Pramstaller, Thomas Quertermous, Thomas Reinehr, Aila Rissanen, Igor Rudan, Nilesh J Samani, Peter E H Schwarz, Alan R Shuldiner, Timothy D Spector, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Manuela Uda, André Uitterlinden, Timo T Valle, Martin Wabitsch, Gérard Waeber, Nicholas J Wareham, Hugh Watkins, Procardis Consortium, James F Wilson, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Steven A McCarroll, Shaun Purcell, Eric E Schadt, Peter M Visscher, Themistocles L Assimes, Ingrid B Borecki, Panos Deloukas, Caroline S Fox, Leif C Groop, Talin Haritunians, David J Hunter, Robert C Kaplan, Karen L Mohlke, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Leena Peltonen, David Schlessinger, David P Strachan, Cornelia M van Duijn, H-Erich Wichmann, Timothy M Frayling, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Inês Barroso, Michael Boehnke, Kari Stefansson, Kari E North, Mark I McCarthy, Joel N Hirschhorn, Erik Ingelsson, Ruth J F Loos
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
Nat. Genet.: 2010, 42(11);937-48
[PubMed:20935630] [WorldCat.org] [DOI]

Iris M Heid, Anne U Jackson, Joshua C Randall, Thomas W Winkler, Lu Qi, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, M Carola Zillikens, Elizabeth K Speliotes, Reedik Mägi, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Charles C White, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Tamara B Harris, Sonja I Berndt, Erik Ingelsson, Cristen J Willer, Michael N Weedon, Jian'an Luan, Sailaja Vedantam, Tõnu Esko, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Zoltán Kutalik, Shengxu Li, Keri L Monda, Anna L Dixon, Christopher C Holmes, Lee M Kaplan, Liming Liang, Josine L Min, Miriam F Moffatt, Cliona Molony, George Nicholson, Eric E Schadt, Krina T Zondervan, Mary F Feitosa, Teresa Ferreira, Hana Lango Allen, Robert J Weyant, Eleanor Wheeler, Andrew R Wood, MAGIC, Karol Estrada, Michael E Goddard, Guillaume Lettre, Massimo Mangino, Dale R Nyholt, Shaun Purcell, Albert Vernon Smith, Peter M Visscher, Jian Yang, Steven A McCarroll, James Nemesh, Benjamin F Voight, Devin Absher, Najaf Amin, Thor Aspelund, Lachlan Coin, Nicole L Glazer, Caroline Hayward, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Asa Johansson, Toby Johnson, Marika Kaakinen, Karen Kapur, Shamika Ketkar, Joshua W Knowles, Peter Kraft, Aldi T Kraja, Claudia Lamina, Michael F Leitzmann, Barbara McKnight, Andrew P Morris, Ken K Ong, John R B Perry, Marjolein J Peters, Ozren Polasek, Inga Prokopenko, Nigel W Rayner, Samuli Ripatti, Fernando Rivadeneira, Neil R Robertson, Serena Sanna, Ulla Sovio, Ida Surakka, Alexander Teumer, Sophie van Wingerden, Veronique Vitart, Jing Hua Zhao, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Peter S Chines, Eva Fisher, Jennifer R Kulzer, Cecile Lecoeur, Narisu Narisu, Camilla Sandholt, Laura J Scott, Kaisa Silander, Klaus Stark, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Tanya M Teslovich, Nicholas John Timpson, Richard M Watanabe, Ryan Welch, Daniel I Chasman, Matthew N Cooper, John-Olov Jansson, Johannes Kettunen, Robert W Lawrence, Niina Pellikka, Markus Perola, Liesbeth Vandenput, Helene Alavere, Peter Almgren, Larry D Atwood, Amanda J Bennett, Reiner Biffar, Lori L Bonnycastle, Stefan R Bornstein, Thomas A Buchanan, Harry Campbell, Ian N M Day, Mariano Dei, Marcus Dörr, Paul Elliott, Michael R Erdos, Johan G Eriksson, Nelson B Freimer, Mao Fu, Stefan Gaget, Eco J C Geus, Anette P Gjesing, Harald Grallert, Jürgen Grässler, Christopher J Groves, Candace Guiducci, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Neelam Hassanali, Aki S Havulinna, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Andrew A Hicks, Jennie Hui, Wilmar Igl, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti Jula, Eero Kajantie, Leena Kinnunen, Ivana Kolcic, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Heyo K Kroemer, Vjekoslav Krzelj, Johanna Kuusisto, Kirsti Kvaloy, Jaana Laitinen, Olivier Lantieri, G Mark Lathrop, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Robert N Luben, Barbara Ludwig, Wendy L McArdle, Anne McCarthy, Mario A Morken, Mari Nelis, Matt J Neville, Guillaume Paré, Alex N Parker, John F Peden, Irene Pichler, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Carl G P Platou, Anneli Pouta, Martin Ridderstråle, Nilesh J Samani, Jouko Saramies, Juha Sinisalo, Jan H Smit, Rona J Strawbridge, Heather M Stringham, Amy J Swift, Maris Teder-Laving, Brian Thomson, Gianluca Usala, Joyce B J van Meurs, Gert-Jan van Ommen, Vincent Vatin, Claudia B Volpato, Henri Wallaschofski, G Bragi Walters, Elisabeth Widen, Sarah H Wild, Gonneke Willemsen, Daniel R Witte, Lina Zgaga, Paavo Zitting, John P Beilby, Alan L James, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Markku S Nieminen, Claes Ohlsson, Lyle J Palmer, Olli Raitakari, Paul M Ridker, Michael Stumvoll, Anke Tönjes, Jorma Viikari, Beverley Balkau, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Richard N Bergman, Heiner Boeing, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim, Philippe Froguel, Torben Hansen, Christian Hengstenberg, Kristian Hveem, Bo Isomaa, Torben Jørgensen, Fredrik Karpe, Kay-Tee Khaw, Markku Laakso, Debbie A Lawlor, Michel Marre, Thomas Meitinger, Andres Metspalu, Kristian Midthjell, Oluf Pedersen, Veikko Salomaa, Peter E H Schwarz, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Timo T Valle, Nicholas J Wareham, Alice M Arnold, Jacques S Beckmann, Sven Bergmann, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I Boomsma, Mark J Caulfield, Francis S Collins, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Anders Hamsten, Andrew T Hattersley, Albert Hofman, Frank B Hu, Thomas Illig, Carlos Iribarren, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, W H Linda Kao, Jaakko Kaprio, Lenore J Launer, Patricia B Munroe, Ben Oostra, Brenda W Penninx, Peter P Pramstaller, Bruce M Psaty, Thomas Quertermous, Aila Rissanen, Igor Rudan, Alan R Shuldiner, Nicole Soranzo, Timothy D Spector, Ann-Christine Syvanen, Manuela Uda, André Uitterlinden, Henry Völzke, Peter Vollenweider, James F Wilson, Jacqueline C Witteman, Alan F Wright, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Michael Boehnke, Ingrid B Borecki, Panos Deloukas, Timothy M Frayling, Leif C Groop, Talin Haritunians, David J Hunter, Robert C Kaplan, Kari E North, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Leena Peltonen, David Schlessinger, David P Strachan, Joel N Hirschhorn, Themistocles L Assimes, H-Erich Wichmann, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Cornelia M van Duijn, Kari Stefansson, L Adrienne Cupples, Ruth J F Loos, Inês Barroso, Mark I McCarthy, Caroline S Fox, Karen L Mohlke, Cecilia M Lindgren
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.
Nat. Genet.: 2010, 42(11);949-60
[PubMed:20935629] [WorldCat.org] [DOI]

Hana Lango Allen, Karol Estrada, Guillaume Lettre, Sonja I Berndt, Michael N Weedon, Fernando Rivadeneira, Cristen J Willer, Anne U Jackson, Sailaja Vedantam, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Teresa Ferreira, Andrew R Wood, Robert J Weyant, Ayellet V Segrè, Elizabeth K Speliotes, Eleanor Wheeler, Nicole Soranzo, Ju-Hyun Park, Jian Yang, Daniel Gudbjartsson, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Joshua C Randall, Lu Qi, Albert Vernon Smith, Reedik Mägi, Tomi Pastinen, Liming Liang, Iris M Heid, Jian'an Luan, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Thomas W Winkler, Michael E Goddard, Ken Sin Lo, Cameron Palmer, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Yurii S Aulchenko, Asa Johansson, M Carola Zillikens, Mary F Feitosa, Tõnu Esko, Toby Johnson, Shamika Ketkar, Peter Kraft, Massimo Mangino, Inga Prokopenko, Devin Absher, Eva Albrecht, Florian Ernst, Nicole L Glazer, Caroline Hayward, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Kevin B Jacobs, Joshua W Knowles, Zoltán Kutalik, Keri L Monda, Ozren Polasek, Michael Preuss, Nigel W Rayner, Neil R Robertson, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Jonathan P Tyrer, Benjamin F Voight, Fredrik Wiklund, Jianfeng Xu, Jing Hua Zhao, Dale R Nyholt, Niina Pellikka, Markus Perola, John R B Perry, Ida Surakka, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Elizabeth L Altmaier, Najaf Amin, Thor Aspelund, Tushar Bhangale, Gabrielle Boucher, Daniel I Chasman, Constance Chen, Lachlan Coin, Matthew N Cooper, Anna L Dixon, Quince Gibson, Elin Grundberg, Ke Hao, M Juhani Junttila, Lee M Kaplan, Johannes Kettunen, Inke R König, Tony Kwan, Robert W Lawrence, Douglas F Levinson, Mattias Lorentzon, Barbara McKnight, Andrew P Morris, Martina Müller, Julius Suh Ngwa, Shaun Purcell, Suzanne Rafelt, Rany M Salem, Erika Salvi, Serena Sanna, Jianxin Shi, Ulla Sovio, John R Thompson, Michael C Turchin, Liesbeth Vandenput, Dominique J Verlaan, Veronique Vitart, Charles C White, Andreas Ziegler, Peter Almgren, Anthony J Balmforth, Harry Campbell, Lorena Citterio, Alessandro De Grandi, Anna Dominiczak, Jubao Duan, Paul Elliott, Roberto Elosua, Johan G Eriksson, Nelson B Freimer, Eco J C Geus, Nicola Glorioso, Shen Haiqing, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Aki S Havulinna, Andrew A Hicks, Jennie Hui, Wilmar Igl, Thomas Illig, Antti Jula, Eero Kajantie, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Markku Koiranen, Ivana Kolcic, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Jaana Laitinen, Jianjun Liu, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Ana Marusic, Andrea Maschio, Thomas Meitinger, Antonella Mulas, Guillaume Paré, Alex N Parker, John F Peden, Astrid Petersmann, Irene Pichler, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Anneli Pouta, Martin Ridderstråle, Jerome I Rotter, Jennifer G Sambrook, Alan R Sanders, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Juha Sinisalo, Jan H Smit, Heather M Stringham, G Bragi Walters, Elisabeth Widen, Sarah H Wild, Gonneke Willemsen, Laura Zagato, Lina Zgaga, Paavo Zitting, Helene Alavere, Martin Farrall, Wendy L McArdle, Mari Nelis, Marjolein J Peters, Samuli Ripatti, Joyce B J van Meurs, Katja K Aben, Kristin G Ardlie, Jacques S Beckmann, John P Beilby, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Francis S Collins, Daniele Cusi, Martin den Heijer, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Pablo V Gejman, Alistair S Hall, Anders Hamsten, Heikki V Huikuri, Carlos Iribarren, Mika Kähönen, Jaakko Kaprio, Sekar Kathiresan, Lambertus Kiemeney, Thomas Kocher, Lenore J Launer, Terho Lehtimäki, Olle Melander, Tom H Mosley, Arthur W Musk, Markku S Nieminen, Christopher J O'Donnell, Claes Ohlsson, Ben Oostra, Lyle J Palmer, Olli Raitakari, Paul M Ridker, John D Rioux, Aila Rissanen, Carlo Rivolta, Heribert Schunkert, Alan R Shuldiner, David S Siscovick, Michael Stumvoll, Anke Tönjes, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Gert-Jan van Ommen, Jorma Viikari, Andrew C Heath, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Michael A Province, Manfred Kayser, Alice M Arnold, Larry D Atwood, Eric Boerwinkle, Stephen J Chanock, Panos Deloukas, Christian Gieger, Henrik Grönberg, Per Hall, Andrew T Hattersley, Christian Hengstenberg, Wolfgang Hoffman, G Mark Lathrop, Veikko Salomaa, Stefan Schreiber, Manuela Uda, Dawn Waterworth, Alan F Wright, Themistocles L Assimes, Inês Barroso, Albert Hofman, Karen L Mohlke, Dorret I Boomsma, Mark J Caulfield, L Adrienne Cupples, Jeanette Erdmann, Caroline S Fox, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Tamara B Harris, Richard B Hayes, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Vincent Mooser, Patricia B Munroe, Willem H Ouwehand, Brenda W Penninx, Peter P Pramstaller, Thomas Quertermous, Igor Rudan, Nilesh J Samani, Timothy D Spector, Henry Völzke, Hugh Watkins, James F Wilson, Leif C Groop, Talin Haritunians, Frank B Hu, Robert C Kaplan, Andres Metspalu, Kari E North, David Schlessinger, Nicholas J Wareham, David J Hunter, Jeffrey R O'Connell, David P Strachan, H-Erich Wichmann, Ingrid B Borecki, Cornelia M van Duijn, Eric E Schadt, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Leena Peltonen, André G Uitterlinden, Peter M Visscher, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ruth J F Loos, Michael Boehnke, Mark I McCarthy, Erik Ingelsson, Cecilia M Lindgren, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Kari Stefansson, Timothy M Frayling, Joel N Hirschhorn
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height.
Nature: 2010, 467(7317);832-8
[PubMed:20881960] [WorldCat.org] [DOI]