A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

Multiple genetic variants have been associated with adult obesity and a few with severe obesity in childhood; however, less progress has been made in establishing genetic influences on common early-onset obesity. We performed a North American, Australian and European collaborative meta-analysis of 1...

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Main Authors: Bradfield, J, Taal, H, Timpson, N, Scherag, A, Lecoeur, C, Warrington, N, Hypponen, E, Holst, C, Valcarcel, B, Thiering, E, Salem, R, Schumacher, F, Cousminer, D, Sleiman, P, Zhao, J, Berkowitz, R, Vimaleswaran, K, Jarick, I, Pennell, C, Evans, D, St Pourcain, B, Berry, D, Mook-Kanamori, DO, Hofman, A, Rivadeneira, F
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2012
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author Bradfield, J
Taal, H
Timpson, N
Scherag, A
Lecoeur, C
Warrington, N
Hypponen, E
Holst, C
Valcarcel, B
Thiering, E
Salem, R
Schumacher, F
Cousminer, D
Sleiman, P
Zhao, J
Berkowitz, R
Vimaleswaran, K
Jarick, I
Pennell, C
Evans, D
St Pourcain, B
Berry, D
Mook-Kanamori, DO
Hofman, A
Rivadeneira, F
author_facet Bradfield, J
Taal, H
Timpson, N
Scherag, A
Lecoeur, C
Warrington, N
Hypponen, E
Holst, C
Valcarcel, B
Thiering, E
Salem, R
Schumacher, F
Cousminer, D
Sleiman, P
Zhao, J
Berkowitz, R
Vimaleswaran, K
Jarick, I
Pennell, C
Evans, D
St Pourcain, B
Berry, D
Mook-Kanamori, DO
Hofman, A
Rivadeneira, F
author_sort Bradfield, J
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description Multiple genetic variants have been associated with adult obesity and a few with severe obesity in childhood; however, less progress has been made in establishing genetic influences on common early-onset obesity. We performed a North American, Australian and European collaborative meta-analysis of 14 studies consisting of 5,530 cases (≥95th percentile of body mass index (BMI)) and 8,318 controls (<50th percentile of BMI) of European ancestry. Taking forward the eight newly discovered signals yielding association with P < 5 × 10 -6 in nine independent data sets (2,818 cases and 4,083 controls), we observed two loci that yielded genome-wide significant combined P values near OLFM4 at 13q14 (rs9568856; P = 1.82 × 10 -9; odds ratio (OR) = 1.22) and within HOXB5 at 17q21 (rs9299; P = 3.54 × 10 -9; OR = 1.14). Both loci continued to show association when two extreme childhood obesity cohorts were included (2,214 cases and 2,674 controls). These two loci also yielded directionally consistent associations in a previous meta-analysis of adult BMI. © 2012 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
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spelling oxford-uuid:96f4bbd6-9965-4488-bd10-c99d0e45ba6b2022-03-26T23:56:31ZA genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity lociJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:96f4bbd6-9965-4488-bd10-c99d0e45ba6bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Bradfield, JTaal, HTimpson, NScherag, ALecoeur, CWarrington, NHypponen, EHolst, CValcarcel, BThiering, ESalem, RSchumacher, FCousminer, DSleiman, PZhao, JBerkowitz, RVimaleswaran, KJarick, IPennell, CEvans, DSt Pourcain, BBerry, DMook-Kanamori, DOHofman, ARivadeneira, FMultiple genetic variants have been associated with adult obesity and a few with severe obesity in childhood; however, less progress has been made in establishing genetic influences on common early-onset obesity. We performed a North American, Australian and European collaborative meta-analysis of 14 studies consisting of 5,530 cases (≥95th percentile of body mass index (BMI)) and 8,318 controls (<50th percentile of BMI) of European ancestry. Taking forward the eight newly discovered signals yielding association with P < 5 × 10 -6 in nine independent data sets (2,818 cases and 4,083 controls), we observed two loci that yielded genome-wide significant combined P values near OLFM4 at 13q14 (rs9568856; P = 1.82 × 10 -9; odds ratio (OR) = 1.22) and within HOXB5 at 17q21 (rs9299; P = 3.54 × 10 -9; OR = 1.14). Both loci continued to show association when two extreme childhood obesity cohorts were included (2,214 cases and 2,674 controls). These two loci also yielded directionally consistent associations in a previous meta-analysis of adult BMI. © 2012 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
spellingShingle Bradfield, J
Taal, H
Timpson, N
Scherag, A
Lecoeur, C
Warrington, N
Hypponen, E
Holst, C
Valcarcel, B
Thiering, E
Salem, R
Schumacher, F
Cousminer, D
Sleiman, P
Zhao, J
Berkowitz, R
Vimaleswaran, K
Jarick, I
Pennell, C
Evans, D
St Pourcain, B
Berry, D
Mook-Kanamori, DO
Hofman, A
Rivadeneira, F
A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title_full A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title_fullStr A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title_full_unstemmed A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title_short A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
title_sort genome wide association meta analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
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