Abstract

To identify genetic loci influencing central obesity and fat distribution, we performed a meta-analysis of 16 genome-wide association studies (GWAS, N = 38,580) informative for adult waist circumference (WC) and waist–hip ratio (WHR). We selected 26 SNPs for follow-up, for which the evidence of association with measures of central adiposity (WC and/or WHR) was strong and disproportionate to that for overall adiposity or height. Follow-up studies in a maximum of 70,689 individuals identified two loci strongly associated with measures of central adiposity; these map near TFAP2B (WC, P = 1.9×10[superscript −11]) and MSRA (WC, P = 8.9×10[superscript −9]). A third locus, near LYPLAL1, was associated with WHR in…

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Biology
Genome-wide association study
Meta-analysis
Genetics
Genetic association
Computational biology
Evolutionary biology
Single-nucleotide polymorphism

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