Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture
Authors: Sonja I Berndt, Stefan Gustafsson, Reedik Mägi, Andrea Ganna, Eleanor Wheeler, Mary F Feitosa, Anne E Justice, Keri L Monda, Damien C Croteau-Chonka, Felix R Day, Tõnu Esko, Tove Fall, Teresa Ferreira, Davide Gentilini, Anne U Jackson, Jian'an Luan, Joshua C Randall, Sailaja Vedantam, Cristen J Willer, Thomas W Winkler, Andrew R Wood, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Yi-Juan Hu, Sang Hong Lee, Liming Liang, Dan-Yu Lin, Josine L Min, Benjamin M Neale, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Jian Yang, Eva Albrecht, Najaf Amin, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Gemma Cadby, Martin den Heijer, Niina Eklund, Krista Fischer, Anuj Goel, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Jennifer E Huffman, Ivonne Jarick, Åsa Johansson, Toby Johnson, Stavroula Kanoni, Marcus E Kleber, Inke R König, Kati Kristiansson, Zoltán Kutalik, Claudia Lamina, Cecile Lecoeur, Guo Li, Massimo Mangino, Wendy L McArdle, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Julius S Ngwa, Ilja M Nolte, Lavinia Paternoster, Sonali Pechlivanis, Markus Perola, Marjolein J Peters, Michael Preuss, Lynda M Rose, Jianxin Shi, Dmitry Shungin, Albert Vernon Smith, Rona J Strawbridge, Ida Surakka, Alexander Teumer, Mieke D Trip, Jonathan Tyrer, Jana V Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Liesbeth Vandenput, Lindsay L Waite, Jing Hua Zhao, Devin Absher, Folkert W Asselbergs, Mustafa Atalay, Antony P Attwood, Anthony J Balmforth, Hanneke Basart, John Beilby, Lori L Bonnycastle, Paolo Brambilla, Marcel Bruinenberg, Harry Campbell, Daniel I Chasman, Peter S Chines, Francis S Collins, John M Connell, William O Cookson, Ulf de Faire, Femmie de Vegt, Mariano Dei, Maria Dimitriou, Sarah Edkins, Karol Estrada, David M Evans, Martin Farrall, Marco M Ferrario, Jean Ferrières, Lude Franke, Francesca Frau, Pablo V Gejman, Harald Grallert, Henrik Grönberg, Vilmundur Gudnason, Alistair S Hall, Per Hall, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Caroline Hayward, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Andrew C Heath, Johannes Hebebrand, Georg Homuth, Frank B Hu, Sarah E Hunt, Elina Hyppönen, Carlos Iribarren, Kevin B Jacobs, John-Olov Jansson, Antti Jula, Mika Kähönen, Sekar Kathiresan, Frank Kee, Kay-Tee Khaw, Mika Kivimäki, Wolfgang Koenig, Aldi T Kraja, Meena Kumari, Kari Kuulasmaa, Johanna Kuusisto, Jaana H Laitinen, Timo A Lakka, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J Launer, Lars Lind, Jaana Lindström, Jianjun Liu, Antonio Liuzzi, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Mattias Lorentzon, Pamela A Madden, Patrik K Magnusson, Paolo Manunta, Diana Marek, Winfried März, Irene Mateo Leach, Barbara McKnight, Sarah E Medland, Evelin Mihailov, Lili Milani, Grant W Montgomery, Vincent Mooser, Thomas W Mühleisen, Patricia B Munroe, Arthur W Musk, Narisu Narisu, Gerjan Navis, George Nicholson, Ellen A Nohr, Ken K Ong, Ben A Oostra, Colin N A Palmer, Aarno Palotie, John F Peden, Nancy Pedersen, Annette Peters, Ozren Polasek, Anneli Pouta, Peter P Pramstaller, Inga Prokopenko, Carolin Pütter, Aparna Radhakrishnan, Olli Raitakari, Augusto Rendon, Fernando Rivadeneira, Igor Rudan, Timo E Saaristo, Jennifer G Sambrook, Alan R Sanders, Serena Sanna, Jouko Saramies, Sabine Schipf, Stefan Schreiber, Heribert Schunkert, So-Youn Shin, Stefano Signorini, Juha Sinisalo, Boris Skrobek, Nicole Soranzo, Alena Stančáková, Klaus Stark, Jonathan C Stephens, Kathleen Stirrups, Ronald P Stolk, Michael Stumvoll, Amy J Swift, Eirini V Theodoraki, Barbara Thorand, David-Alexandre Tregouet, Elena Tremoli, Melanie M Van der Klauw, Joyce B J van Meurs, Sita H Vermeulen, Jorma Viikari, Jarmo Virtamo, Veronique Vitart, Gérard Waeber, Zhaoming Wang, Elisabeth Widén, Sarah H Wild, Gonneke Willemsen, Bernhard R Winkelmann, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel, Andrew Wong, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Philippe Amouyel, Bernhard O Boehm, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I Boomsma, Mark J Caulfield, Stephen J Chanock, L Adrienne Cupples, Daniele Cusi, George V Dedoussis, Jeanette Erdmann, Johan G Eriksson, Paul W Franks, Philippe Froguel, Christian Gieger, Ulf Gyllensten, Anders Hamsten, Tamara B Harris, Christian Hengstenberg, Andrew A Hicks, Aroon Hingorani, Anke Hinney, Albert Hofman, Kees G Hovingh, Kristian Hveem, Thomas Illig, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Sirkka M Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Diana Kuh, Markku Laakso, Terho Lehtimäki, Douglas F Levinson, Nicholas G Martin, Andres Metspalu, Andrew D Morris, Markku S Nieminen, Inger Njølstad, Claes Ohlsson, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Willem H Ouwehand, Lyle J Palmer, Brenda Penninx, Chris Power, Michael A Province, Bruce M Psaty, Lu Qi, Rainer Rauramaa, Paul M Ridker, Samuli Ripatti, Veikko Salomaa, Nilesh J Samani, Harold Snieder, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Timothy D Spector, Kari Stefansson, Anke Tönjes, Jaakko Tuomilehto, André G Uitterlinden, Matti Uusitupa, Pim van der Harst, Peter Vollenweider, Henri Wallaschofski, Nicholas J Wareham, Hugh Watkins, H-Erich Wichmann, James F Wilson, Goncalo R Abecasis, Themistocles L Assimes, Inês Barroso, Michael Boehnke, Ingrid B Borecki, Panos Deloukas, Caroline S Fox, Timothy Frayling, Leif C Groop, Talin Haritunian, Iris M Heid, David Hunter, Robert C Kaplan, Fredrik Karpe, Miriam F Moffatt, Karen L Mohlke, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Yudi Pawitan, Eric E Schadt, David Schlessinger, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, David P Strachan, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Cornelia M van Duijn, Peter M Visscher, Anna Maria Di Blasio, Joel N Hirschhorn, Cecilia M Lindgren, Andrew P Morris, David Meyre, André Scherag, Mark I McCarthy, Elizabeth K Speliotes, Kari E North, Ruth J F Loos, Erik Ingelsson
Journal: Nature Genetics (2013)