Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture
Sonja I. Berndt(National Institutes of Health), Stefan Gustafsson(Uppsala University), Reedik Mägi(Centre for Human Genetics), Andrea Ganna(Karolinska Institutet), Eleanor Wheeler(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Mary F. Feitosa(Washington University in St. Louis), Anne E. Justice(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Keri L. Monda(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Damien C. Croteau‐Chonka(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Felix R. Day(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Tõnu Esko(University of Tartu), Tove Fall(Karolinska Institutet), Teresa Ferreira(Centre for Human Genetics), Davide Gentilini(IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Anne Jackson(University of Michigan), Jian’an Luan(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Joshua C. Randall(Centre for Human Genetics), Sailaja Vedantam(Boston Children's Hospital), Cristen J. Willer(University of Michigan), Thomas W. Winkler(University Hospital Regensburg), Andrew R. Wood(University of Exeter), Tsegaselassie Workalemahu(Harvard University), Yi‐Juan Hu(Emory University), Sang Lee(The University of Queensland), Liming Liang(Harvard University), Dan-Yu Lin(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Josine L. Min(Centre for Human Genetics), Benjamin M. Neale(Massachusetts General Hospital), Guðmar Þorleifsson(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Jian Yang(The University of Queensland), Eva Albrecht(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Najaf Amin(Erasmus MC), Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham(University of Michigan), Gemma Cadby(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Martin den Heijer(Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Niina Eklund(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Krista Fischer(University of Tartu), Anuj Goel(Centre for Human Genetics), Jouke‐Jan Hottenga(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Jennifer E. Huffman(Western General Hospital), Ivonne Jarick(Philipps University of Marburg), Åsa Johansson(Uppsala University), Toby Johnson(Queen Mary University of London), Stavroula Kanoni(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Marcus E. Kleber, Inke R. König(University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein), Kati Kristiansson(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Zoltán Kutalik(University of Lausanne), Claudia Lamina(Innsbruck Medical University), Cécile Lecœur(Université Lille Nord de France), Li Guo(University of Washington), Massimo Mangino(King's College London), Wendy L. McArdle(University of Bristol), Carolina Medina‐Gómez(Erasmus MC), Martina Müller‐Nurasyid(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Julius S. Ngwa(Boston University), Ilja M. Nolte(University Medical Center Groningen), Lavinia Paternoster(University of Bristol), Sonali Pechlivanis(Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie), Markus Perola(University of Tartu), Marjolein J. Peters(Erasmus MC), Michael Preuß(University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein), Lynda M. Rose(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Jianxin Shi(National Institutes of Health), Dmitry Shungin(Lund University), Albert V. Smith(Icelandic Heart Association), Rona J. Strawbridge(Karolinska University Hospital), Ida Surakka(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Alexander Teumer(Universität Greifswald), Mieke D. Trip(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Jonathan P. Tyrer(University of Cambridge), Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk(University Medical Center Groningen), Liesbeth Vandenput(University of Gothenburg), Lindsay L. Waite(HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology), Wei Zhao(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Devin Absher(HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology), Folkert W. Asselbergs(University Medical Center Utrecht), Mustafa Atalay(University of Eastern Finland), Antony Attwood(National Institute for Health and Care Research), Anthony J. Balmforth(University of Leeds), Hanneke Basart(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), John Beilby(Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre), Lori L. Bonnycastle(National Institutes of Health), Paolo Brambilla(University of Milano-Bicocca), Marcel Bruinenberg(University Medical Center Groningen), Harry Campbell(University of Edinburgh), Daniel I. Chasman(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Peter S. Chines(National Institutes of Health), Francis S. Collins(National Institutes of Health), John Connell(University of Glasgow), William Cookson(Imperial College London), Ulf dé Fairé(Karolinska Institutet), Femmie de Vegt(Radboud University Nijmegen), Mariano Dei(Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research), Maria Dimitriou(Harokopio University of Athens), Sarah Edkins(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Karol Estrada(Erasmus MC), David M. Evans(University of Bristol), Martin Farrall(Centre for Human Genetics), Maurizio Ferrario(University of Insubria), Jean Ferrières(Hôpital Rangueil), Lude Franke(University Medical Center Groningen), Francesca Frau(University of Milan), Pablo V. Gejman(University of Chicago), Harald Grallert(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Henrik Grönberg(Karolinska Institutet), Vilmundur Guðnason(Icelandic Heart Association), Alistair S. Hall(University of Leeds), Per Hall(Karolinska Institutet), Anna‐Liisa Hartikainen(University of Oulu), Caroline Hayward(Western General Hospital), Nancy L. Heard‐Costa(Boston University), Andrew C. Heath(Washington University in St. Louis), Johannes Hebebrand(University of Duisburg-Essen), Georg Homuth(Universität Greifswald), Frank B. Hu(Harvard University), Sarah Hunt(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Elina Hyppönen(University College London), Carlos Iribarren(Kaiser Permanente), Kevin B. Jacobs(National Institutes of Health), John‐Olov Jansson(University of Gothenburg), Antti Jula(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Mika Kähönen(Tampere University Hospital), Sekar Kathiresan(Broad Institute), Frank Kee(Queen's University Belfast), Kay‐Tee Khaw(University of Cambridge), Mika Kivimäki(University College London), Wolfgang Köenig(Universität Ulm), Aldi T. Kraja(Washington University in St. Louis), Meena Kumari(University College London), Kari Kuulasmaa(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Johanna Kuusisto(University of Eastern Finland), Jaana Laitinen(Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Timo A. Lakka(University of Eastern Finland), Claudia Langenberg(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Lenore J. Launer(National Institutes of Health), Lars Lind(Uppsala University Hospital), Jaana Lindström(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Jianjun Liu(Genome Institute of Singapore), Antonio Liuzzi(IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Marja‐Liisa Lokki(University of Helsinki), Mattias Lorentzon(University of Gothenburg), Pamela A. F. Madden(Washington University in St. Louis), Patrik K. E. Magnusson(Karolinska Institutet), Paolo Manunta(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Diana Marek(University of Lausanne), Winfried März(University of Mannheim), Irene Mateo Leach(University Medical Center Groningen), Barbara McKnight(University of Washington), Sarah E. Medland(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Evelin Mihailov(University of Tartu), Lili Milani(University of Tartu), Grant W. Montgomery(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Vincent Mooser(GlaxoSmithKline (United States)), Thomas W Mühleisen(University of Bonn), Patricia B. Munroe(Queen Mary University of London), Arthur W. Musk(The University of Western Australia), Narisu Narisu(National Institutes of Health), Gerjan Navis(University Medical Center Groningen), George Nicholson(Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell), Ellen A. Nøhr(Aarhus University), Ken K. Ong(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Ben A. Oostra(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Colin N A Palmer(University of Dundee), Aarno Palotie(University of Helsinki), John F. Peden(Illumina (United Kingdom)), Nancy L. Pedersen(Karolinska Institutet), Annette Peters(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Ozren Polašek(University of Split), Anneli Pouta(University of Oulu), Peter P. Pramstaller(Eurac Research), Inga Prokopenko(Centre for Human Genetics), Carolin Pütter(Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie), Aparna Radhakrishnan(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Olli Raitakari(University of Turku), Augusto Rendon(National Institute for Health and Care Research), Fernando Rivadeneira(Erasmus MC), Igor Rudan(University of Edinburgh), Timo Saaristo(Finnish Diabetes Association), Jennifer G. Sambrook(University of Cambridge), Alan R. Sanders(University of Chicago), Serena Sanna(Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research), Jouko Saramies(South Karelia Central Hospital), Sabine Schipf(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Stefan Schreiber(Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Heribert Schunkert(German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), So–Youn Shin(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Stefano Signorini(Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate), Juha Sinisalo(Helsinki University Hospital), Boris Skrobek(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Nicole Soranzo(King's College London), Alena Stančáková(University of Eastern Finland), Klaus Stark(University Hospital Regensburg), Jonathan Stephens(University of Cambridge), Kathleen Stirrups(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Ronald P. Stolk(University Medical Center Groningen), Michael Stümvoll(Leipzig University), Amy J. Swift(National Institutes of Health), Eirini Theodoraki(Harokopio University of Athens), Barbara Thorand(Helmholtz Zentrum München), David‐Alexandre Trégouët(Inserm), Elena Tremoli(Centro Cardiologico Monzino), Melanie M. van der Klauw(University Medical Center Groningen), Joyce B. J. van Meurs(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Sita H. Vermeulen(Radboud University Nijmegen), Jorma Viikari(University of Turku), Jarmo Virtamo(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Véronique Vitart(Western General Hospital), Gérard Waeber(University Hospital of Lausanne), Zhaoming Wang(National Cancer Institute), Elisabeth Widén(University of Helsinki), Sarah H. Wild(University of Edinburgh), Gonneke Willemsen(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Bernhard R. Winkelmann(Kardiologie Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen), Jacqueline C.M. Witteman(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel(University Medical Center Groningen), Andrew Wong(MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing), Alan F. Wright(Western General Hospital), M. Carola Zillikens(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Philippe Amouyel(Inserm), Bernhard O. Boehm(University Hospital Ulm), Eric Boerwinkle(The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston), Dorret I. Boomsma(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Mark J. Caulfield(Queen Mary University of London), Stephen J. Chanock(National Institutes of Health), L. Adrienne Cupples(Boston University), Daniele Cusi(University of Milan), George Dedoussis(Harokopio University of Athens), Jeanette Erdmann(University of Lübeck), Johan G. Eriksson(University of Helsinki), Paul W. Franks(Umeå University), Philippe Froguel(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Christian Gieger(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Ulf Gyllensten(Uppsala University), Anders Hamsten(Karolinska University Hospital), Tamara B. Harris(National Institutes of Health), Christian Hengstenberg(University Hospital Regensburg), Andrew A. Hicks(Eurac Research), Aroon D. Hingorani(University College London), Anke Hinney(University of Duisburg-Essen), Albert Hofman(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Kees Hovingh(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Kristian Hveem(Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Thomas Illig(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Karl‐Heinz Jöckel(Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie), Sirkka Keinänen‐Kiukaanniemi(University of Oulu), Lambertus A. Kiemeney(Radboud University Nijmegen), Diana Kuh(MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing), Markku Laakso(University of Eastern Finland), Terho Lehtimäki(Tampere University), Douglas F. Levinson(Stanford University), Nicholas G. Martin(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Andres Metspalu(University of Tartu), Andrew D. Morris(University of Dundee), Markku S. Nieminen(Helsinki University Hospital), Inger Njølstad(UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Claes Ohlsson(HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology), Albertine J. Oldehinkel(University Medical Center Groningen), Willem H. Ouwehand(National Institute for Health and Care Research), Lyle J. Palmer(Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute), Brenda W.J.H. Penninx(University Medical Center Groningen), Chris Power(University College London), Michael A. Province(Washington University in St. Louis), Bruce M. Psaty(University of Washington), Lu Qi(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Rainer Rauramaa(University of Eastern Finland), Paul M. Ridker(Harvard University), Samuli Ripatti(University of Helsinki), Veikko Salomaa(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Nilesh J. Samani(University of Leicester), Harold Snieder(University Medical Center Groningen), Thorkild I. A. Sørensen(Bispebjerg Hospital), Timothy D. Spector(King's College London), Kāri Stefánsson(University of Iceland), Anke Tönjes(Leipzig University), Jaakko Tuomilehto(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), André G. Uitterlinden(Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing), Matti Uusitupa(University of Eastern Finland), Pim van der Harst(University Medical Center Groningen), Péter Vollenweider(University Hospital of Lausanne), Henri Wallaschofski(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Nicholas J. Wareham(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Hugh Watkins(Centre for Human Genetics), H-Erich Wichmann(Zimmer Biomet (Germany)), James F. Wilson(University of Edinburgh), Gonçalo R. Abecasis(University of Michigan), Themistocles L. Assimes(Stanford University), Inês Barroso(University of Cambridge), Michael Boehnke(University of Michigan), Ingrid B. Borecki(Washington University in St. Louis), Panos Deloukas(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Caroline S. Fox(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Timothy M. Frayling(University of Exeter), Leif C Groop(Lund University), Talin Haritunian(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Iris M. Heid(Helmholtz Zentrum München), David J. Hunter(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Robert C. Kaplan(Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Fredrik Karpe(University of Oxford), Miriam F. Moffatt(Imperial College London), Karen L. Mohlke(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jeffrey R. O’Connell(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Yudi Pawitan(Karolinska Institutet), Eric E. Schadt(Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), David Schlessinger(National Institute on Aging), Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), David P. Strachan(St George's, University of London), Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir(University of Iceland), Cornelia M. van Duijn(Leiden University Medical Center), Peter M. Visscher(The University of Queensland), Anna Maria Di Blasio(IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Joel N. Hirschhorn(Harvard University), Cecilia M. Lindgren(Centre for Human Genetics), Andrew P. Morris(Centre for Human Genetics), David Meyre(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), André Scherag(Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie), Mark I. McCarthy(University of Oxford), Elizabeth K. Speliotes(University of Michigan), Kari E. North(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ruth J. F. Loos(Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Erik Ingelsson(University of Exeter)
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