Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution
Authors: Iris M Heid, Anne U Jackson, Joshua C Randall, Thomas W Winkler, Lu Qi, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, M Carola Zillikens, Elizabeth K Speliotes, Reedik Mägi, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Charles C White, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Tamara B Harris, Sonja I Berndt, Erik Ingelsson, Cristen J Willer, Michael N Weedon, Jian'an Luan, Sailaja Vedantam, Tõnu Esko, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Zoltán Kutalik, Shengxu Li, Keri L Monda, Anna L Dixon, Christopher C Holmes, Lee M Kaplan, Liming Liang, Josine L Min, Miriam F Moffatt, Cliona Molony, George Nicholson, Eric E Schadt, Krina T Zondervan, Mary F Feitosa, Teresa Ferreira, Hana Lango Allen, Robert J Weyant, Eleanor Wheeler, Andrew R Wood, Karol Estrada, Michael E Goddard, Guillaume Lettre, Massimo Mangino, Dale R Nyholt, Shaun Purcell, Albert Vernon Smith, Peter M Visscher, Jian Yang, Steven A McCarroll, James Nemesh, Benjamin F Voight, Devin Absher, Najaf Amin, Thor Aspelund, Lachlan Coin, Nicole L Glazer, Caroline Hayward, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Åsa Johansson, Toby Johnson, Marika Kaakinen, Karen Kapur, Shamika Ketkar, Joshua W Knowles, Peter Kraft, Aldi T Kraja, Claudia Lamina, Michael F Leitzmann, Barbara McKnight, Andrew P Morris, Ken K Ong, John R B Perry, Marjolein J Peters, Ozren Polasek, Inga Prokopenko, Nigel W Rayner, Samuli Ripatti, Fernando Rivadeneira, Neil R Robertson, Serena Sanna, Ulla Sovio, Ida Surakka, Alexander Teumer, Sophie van Wingerden, Veronique Vitart, Jing Hua Zhao, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Peter S Chines, Eva Fisher, Jennifer R Kulzer, Cecile Lecoeur, Narisu Narisu, Camilla Sandholt, Laura J Scott, Kaisa Silander, Klaus Stark, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Tanya M Teslovich, Nicholas John Timpson, Richard M Watanabe, Ryan Welch, Daniel I Chasman, Matthew N Cooper, John-Olov Jansson, Johannes Kettunen, Robert W Lawrence, Niina Pellikka, Markus Perola, Liesbeth Vandenput, Helene Alavere, Peter Almgren, Larry D Atwood, Amanda J Bennett, Reiner Biffar, Lori L Bonnycastle, Stefan R Bornstein, Thomas A Buchanan, Harry Campbell, Ian N M Day, Mariano Dei, Marcus Dörr, Paul Elliott, Michael R Erdos, Johan G Eriksson, Nelson B Freimer, Mao Fu, Stefan Gaget, Eco J C Geus, Anette P Gjesing, Harald Grallert, Jürgen Gräßler, Christopher J Groves, Candace Guiducci, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Neelam Hassanali, Aki S Havulinna, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Andrew A Hicks, Jennie Hui, Wilmar Igl, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti Jula, Eero Kajantie, Leena Kinnunen, Ivana Kolcic, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Heyo K Kroemer, Vjekoslav Krzelj, Johanna Kuusisto, Kirsti Kvaloy, Jaana Laitinen, Olivier Lantieri, G Mark Lathrop, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Robert N Luben, Barbara Ludwig, Wendy L McArdle, Anne McCarthy, Mario A Morken, Mari Nelis, Matt J Neville, Guillaume Paré, Alex N Parker, John F Peden, Irene Pichler, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Carl G P Platou, Anneli Pouta, Martin Ridderstråle, Nilesh J Samani, Jouko Saramies, Juha Sinisalo, Jan H Smit, Rona J Strawbridge, Heather M 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Boomsma, Mark J Caulfield, Francis S Collins, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Anders Hamsten, Andrew T Hattersley, Albert Hofman, Frank B Hu, Thomas Illig, Carlos Iribarren, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, W H Linda Kao, Jaakko Kaprio, Lenore J Launer, Patricia B Munroe, Ben Oostra, Brenda W Penninx, Peter P Pramstaller, Bruce M Psaty, Thomas Quertermous, Aila Rissanen, Igor Rudan, Alan R Shuldiner, Nicole Soranzo, Timothy D Spector, Ann-Christine Syvanen, Manuela Uda, André Uitterlinden, Henry Völzke, Peter Vollenweider, James F Wilson, Jacqueline C Witteman, Alan F Wright, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Michael Boehnke, Ingrid B Borecki, Panos Deloukas, Timothy M Frayling, Leif C Groop, Talin Haritunians, David J Hunter, Robert C Kaplan, Kari E North, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Leena Peltonen, David Schlessinger, David P Strachan, Joel N Hirschhorn, Themistocles L Assimes, H-Erich Wichmann, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Cornelia M van Duijn, Kari Stefansson, L Adrienne Cupples, Ruth J F 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Journal: Nature Genetics (2010)