1. A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci
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Bradfield, Jonathan P, Taal, H Rob, Timpson, Nicholas J, Scherag, Andre, Lecoeur, Cecile, Warrington, Nicole M, Hypponen, Elina, Holst, Claus, Valcarcel, Beatriz, Thiering, Elisabeth, Salem, Rany M, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Cousminer, Diana L, Sleiman, Patrick MA, Zhao, Jianhua, Berkowitz, Robert I, Vimaleswaran, Karani S, Jarick, Ivonne, Pennell, Craig E, Evans, David M, St Pourcain, Beate, Berry, Diane J, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Hofman, Albert, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, Andre G, van Duijn, Cornelia M, van der Valk, Ralf JP, de Jongste, Johan C, Postma, Dirkje S, Boomsma, Dorret I, Gauderman, W James, Hassanein, Mohamed T, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Magi, Reedik, Boreham, Colin AG, Neville, Charlotte E, Moreno, Luis A, Elliott, Paul, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Li, Mingyao, Raitakari, Olli, Lehtimaki, Terho, Eriksson, Johan G, Palotie, Aarno, Dallongeville, Jean, Das, Shikta, Deloukas, Panos, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M, Kemp, John P, Buxton, Jessica L, Blakemore, Alexandra IF, Bustamante, Mariona, Guxens, Monica, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Gillman, Matthew W, Kreiner-Moller, Eskil, Bisgaard, Hans, Gilliland, Frank D, Heinrich, Joachim, Wheeler, Eleanor, Barroso, Ines, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Meirhaeghe, Aline, Sorensen, Thorkild IA, Power, Chris, Palmer, Lyle J, Hinney, Anke, Widen, Elisabeth, Farooqi, I Sadaf, McCarthy, Mark I, Froguel, Philippe, Meyre, David, Hebebrand, Johannes, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jaddoe, Vincent WV, Smith, George Davey, Hakonarson, Hakon, and Grant, Struan FA
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Biological Sciences ,Genetics ,Pediatric ,Nutrition ,Obesity ,Human Genome ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Stroke ,Cancer ,Cardiovascular ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Body Mass Index ,Case-Control Studies ,Genetic Loci ,Genetic Markers ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Humans ,Polymorphism ,Single Nucleotide ,Young Adult ,Early Growth Genetics Consortium ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Developmental Biology ,Agricultural biotechnology ,Bioinformatics and computational biology - Abstract
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 (
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- 2012