Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

IM Heid; AU Jackson; JC Randall; TW Winkler; L Qi; V Ssteinthorsdottir; G Tthorleifsson; C Zillikens; EK Sspeliotes; R Mägi; T Workalemahu; C White; N Bouatia-Naji; TB Harris; SI Berndt; E Ingelsson; CJ Willer; MN Weedon; J Luan; S Vedantam; T Eesko; TO Kilpeläinen; Z Kutalik; S Li; KL Monda; A Dixon; C Holmes; L Kaplan; L Liang; J Min; MF Moffatt; C Molony; G Nicholson; EE Sschadt; KT Zondervan; MF Feitosa; T Ferreira; HL Allen; RJ Weyant; E Wheeler; AR Wood; Magic; K Eestrada; ME Goddard; G Lettre; M Mangino; DR Nyholt; S Purcell; AV Ssmith; P Visscher; J Yang; SA McCcarroll; J Nemesh; BF Voight; D Absher; N Amin; T Aspelund; L Coin; N Glazer; C Hayward; N Heard-Ccosta; JJ Hottenga; A Johansson; T Johnson; M Kaakinen; K Kapur; S Ketkar; J Knowles; P Kraft; A Kraja; C Lamina; MF Leitzmann; B McKknight; AP Morris; K Oong; JRB Perry; MJ Peters; O Polasek; I Prokopenko; N Rayner; S Ripatti; F Rivadeneira; NR Robertson; S Sanna; U Sovio; I Surakka; A Teumer; S Van Wingerden; V Vitart; JH Zhao; C Cavalcanti-Proença; PS Chines; E Fisher; JR Kulzer; C Lecoeur; N Narisu; C Sandholt; LJ Scott; K Silander; K Stark

Journal article

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

IM Heid, AU Jackson, JC Randall, TW Winkler, L Qi, V Ssteinthorsdottir, G Tthorleifsson, C Zillikens, EK Sspeliotes, R Mägi, T Workalemahu, C White, N Bouatia-Naji, TB Harris, SI Berndt, E Ingelsson, CJ Willer, MN Weedon, J Luan, S Vedantam Show all

Nature Genetics | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1038/ng.685

Abstract

Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants influencing this trait have been identified. We conducted a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index (comprising up to 77,167 participants), following up 16 loci in an additional 29 studies (comprising up to 113,636 subjects). We identified 13 new loci in or near RSPO3, VEGFA, TBX15-WARS2, NFE2L3, GRB14, DNM3-PIGC, ITPR2-SPN, LY86, HOXC13, ADAMTS9, ZNRF3-KREMEN1, NISCH-STAB1 and CPEB4 (P = 1.9-10-9 to P = 1.8-10-40) and the known signal at LYPLAL1. Seven of these loci ..

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Mike Goddard Author

Lachlan Coin Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for this study was provided by the Academy of Finland (grants 104781, 120315, 129269, 117797, 121584, 126925, 129418, 129568, 77299, 124243, 213506, 129680, 129494, 10404, 213506, 129680, 114382, 126775, 127437, 129255, 129306, 130326, 209072, 210595, 213225 and 216374); an ADA Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship grant; Affymetrix, Inc., for genotyping services (N02-HL-6-4278); ALF/LUA Gothenburg; Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament); Amgen; AstraZeneca AB; Augustinus Foundation; Becket Foundation; Biocentrum Helsinki; Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation; Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center (DK46200); British Diabetes Association (1192); British Diabetic Association Research; British Heart Foundation (97020, PG/02/128); Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation; Cambridge NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre; CamStrad; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government; Contrat Plan Etat Region de France; Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment; Danish Diabetes Association; Danish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Health; Danish Heart Foundation; Danish Pharmaceutical Association; Danish Research Council; DIAB Core (German Network of Diabetes); Diabetes UK; Donald W. Reynolds Foundation; Dresden University of Technology Funding Grant, Med Drive; EMGO+ institute; Emil and Vera Cornell Foundation; Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Estonian Government SF0180142s08; European Commission (2004310, 212111, 205419, 245536, DG XII, HEALTH-F4-2007-201413, FP7/2007-2013, QLG1-CT-2000-01643, QLG2-CT-2002-01254, LSHG-CT-2006-018947, LSHG-CT-2006-01947, LSHG-CT-2004-512066, LSHM-CT-2007-037273, EU/WLRT-2001-01254, LSHG-CT-2004-518153, SOC 95201408 05F02, Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship); Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (01ZZ9603, 01ZZ0103, 01ZZ0403, 03ZIK012, 01 EA 9401); Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation; Finnish Diabetes Research Society; Finnish Foundation for Pediatric Research; Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research; Finnish Medical Society; Finska Lakaresallskapet; Finnish Ministry of Education; Folkhalsan Research Foundation; Fond Europeen pour le Developpement Regional; 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