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, Uitterlinden, A, van Duijn, C, van der Valk, R, de Jongste, J, Postma, D, Boomsma, D, Gauderman, W, Hassanein, M, Lindgren, C, Mägi, R, Boreham, C, Neville, C, Moreno, L, Elliott, P, Pouta, A, Hartikainen, A, Li, M, Raitakari, O, Lehtimäki, T, Eriksson, J, Palotie, A, Dallongeville, J, Das, S, Deloukas, P, McMahon, G, Ring, S, Kemp, J, Buxton, J, Blakemore, A, Bustamante, M, Guxens, M, Hirschhorn, J, Gillman, M, Kreiner-Møller, E, Bisgaard, H, Gilliland, F, Heinrich, J, Wheeler, E, Barroso, I, O'Rahilly, S, Meirhaeghe, A, Sørensen, T, Power, C, Palmer, L, Hinney, A, Widen, E, Farooqi, I, McCarthy, M, Froguel, P, Meyre, D, Hebebrand, J, Jarvelin, MR, Jaddoe, V, Smith, G, Hakonarson, H, Grant, S
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2012

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

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