Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694,649 individuals of European ancestry

More than one in three adults worldwide is either overweight or obese. Epidemiological studies indicate that the location and distribution of excess fat, rather than general adiposity, are more informative for predicting risk of obesity sequelae, including cardiometabolic disease and cancer. We perf...

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Main Authors: Pulit, S, Stoneman, C, Morris, A, Wood, A, Glastonbury, C, Tyrrell, J, Yengo, L, Ferreira, T, Marouli, E, Ji, Y, Yang, J, Jones, S, Beaumont, R, Croteau-Chonka, D, Winkler, T, Giant Consortium, Hattersley, A, Loos, R, Hirschhorn, J, Visscher, P, Frayling, T, Yaghootkar, H, Lindgren, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018