Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Peter M. Visscher(The University of Queensland), Elizabeth K. Speliotes(University of Michigan), Tõnu Esko(Broad Institute), Keri L. Monda(Amgen (United States)), Hana Lango Allen(University of Exeter), Thomas W. Winkler(University of Regensburg), Josine L. Min(University of Bristol), Anne Jackson(University of Michigan), Guðmar Þorleifsson(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Andrew R. Wood(University of Exeter), Erik Ingelsson(Wave Life Sciences (United States)), Jian’an Luan(University of Cambridge), Robert J. Weyant(University of Pittsburgh), Krina T. Zondervan(University of Oxford), Mary F. Feitosa(Washington University in St. Louis), Massimo Mangino(King's College London), Dale R. Nyholt(Queensland University of Technology), Eleanor Wheeler(AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)), Shaun Purcell(Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Sailaja Vedantam(Broad Institute), Miriam F. Moffatt(Lung Institute), Cliona Molony(Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)), Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen(Broad Institute), Nabila Bouatia‐Naji(Délégation Paris 5), Cristen J. Willer(Regeneron (United States)), Sonja I. Berndt(Department of Health and Human Services), Tsegaselassie Workalemahu(University of Utah Health Care), M. Carola Zillikens(Erasmus MC), Reedik Mägi(University of Tartu), Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Iris M. Heid(University of Regensburg), Lee M. Kaplan(Dartmouth College), Zoltán Kutalik(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Guillaume Lettre(Montreal Heart Institute), Shengxu Li(Tulane University), Michael E. Goddard(The University of Melbourne), Lu Qi(Universiti of Malaysia Sabah), Chris Holmes(Monash University), Teresa Ferreira(Centre for Human Genetics), Albert V. Smith(University of Iceland), Anna Dixon(German Institute of Human Nutrition), Michael N. Weedon(University of Exeter), Joshua C. Randall(Centre for Human Genetics), Eric E. Schadt(Pacific Biosciences (United States)), Charles C. White(Boston University), Tamara B. Harris, Karol Estrada(Erasmus MC), Liming Liang(Broad Institute)
Nature Genetics
October 10, 2010
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