4.8 Article

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Journal

NATURE GENETICS
Volume 42, Issue 11, Pages 937-U53

Publisher

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ng.686

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Funding

  1. Academy of Finland [10404, 77299, 104781, 114382, 117797, 120315]
  2. ADA
  3. Amgen
  4. Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore (AstarSTAR)
  5. ALF/LUA
  6. Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament)
  7. AstraZeneca
  8. Augustinus Foundation
  9. Australian National Health and Medical Research Council [241944, 389875, 389891, 389892, 389938, 442915, 442981, 496739, 496688, 552485, 613672]
  10. Australian Research Council (ARC) [DP0770096]
  11. Becket Foundation
  12. Biocenter (Finland)
  13. Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation
  14. Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
  15. British Diabetes Association [1192]
  16. British Heart Foundation [97020, PG/02/128]
  17. Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation
  18. Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
  19. Cambridge National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
  20. CamStrad (UK)
  21. Cancer Research UK
  22. Centre for Medical Systems Biology (The Netherlands)
  23. Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (The Netherlands)
  24. Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government
  25. Contrat Plan Etat Region (France)
  26. Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment
  27. Danish Diabetes Association
  28. Danish Heart Foundation
  29. Danish Pharmaceutical Association
  30. Danish Research Council
  31. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [HE 1446/4-1]
  32. Department of Health (UK)
  33. Diabetes UK
  34. Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory
  35. Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
  36. Dresden University of Technology
  37. Emil and Vera Cornell Foundation
  38. Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam)
  39. Erasmus University (Rotterdam)
  40. European Commission [QLG1-CT-2000-01643, QLG2-CT-2002-01254, LSHC-CT-2005, LSHG-CT-2006-018947, LSHG-CT-2004-518153, LSH-2006-037593, LSHM-CT-2007-037273, HEALTH- F2-2008-ENGAGE, HEALTH-F4-2007-201413, HEALTH-F4-2007-201550, 205419, 212111, 245536, SOC 9520140805F02, WLRT-2001-01254]
  41. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) [01AK803, 01EA9401, 01GI0823, 01GI0826, 01GP0209, 01GP0259, 01GS0820, 01GS0823, 01GS0824, 01GS0825, 01GS0830, 01GS0831, 01IG07015, 01KU0903, 01ZZ9603, 01ZZ0103, 01ZZ0403, 03ZIK012]
  42. Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
  43. European Social Fund
  44. Eve Appeal
  45. Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation
  46. Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
  47. Finnish Foundation for Pediatric Research, Finnish Medical Society
  48. Finska Lakaresallskapet, Paivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, Folkhalsan Research Foundation
  49. Fond Europeen pour le Developpement Regional (France)
  50. Fondation LeDucq (Paris, France)
  51. Foundation for Life and Health in Finland
  52. Foundation for Strategic Research (Sweden)
  53. Genetic Association Information Network
  54. German Research Council [KFO-152]
  55. German National Genome Research Net 'NGFNplus' [FKZ 01GS0823]
  56. German Research Center for Environmental Health
  57. Giorgi-Cavaglieri Foundation
  58. GlaxoSmithKline
  59. Goteborg Medical Society
  60. Great Wine Estates Auctions
  61. Gyllenberg Foundation
  62. Health Care Centers in Vasa, Narpes and Korsholm
  63. Healthway, Western Australia
  64. Helmholtz Center Munich
  65. Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hjartavernd (the Icelandic Heart Association)
  66. INSERM (France)
  67. Ib Henriksen Foundation
  68. Interdisziplinares Zentrum fur Klinische Forschung (IZKF) [B27]
  69. Jalmari and Rauha Ahokas Foundation
  70. Juho Vainio Foundation
  71. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
  72. Karolinska Institute
  73. Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
  74. Leenaards Foundation
  75. Lundbeck Foundation Centre of Applied Medical Genomics for Personalized Disease Prediction, Prevention and Care (LUCAMP)
  76. Lundberg Foundation
  77. Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
  78. Medical Research Council (UK) [G0000649, G0000934, G9521010D, G0500539, G0600331, G0601261]
  79. Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Social Ministry of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
  80. Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sports (The Netherlands)
  81. Ministry of Education (Finland)
  82. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Netherlands)
  83. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Health (Denmark)
  84. Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia [216-1080315-0302]
  85. Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wurttemberg
  86. Montreal Heart Institute Foundation
  87. Municipal Health Care Center and Hospital in Jakobstad
  88. Municipality of Rotterdam
  89. Narpes Health Care Foundation
  90. National Cancer Institute
  91. National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
  92. National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
  93. National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
  94. MRC [MC_U137686857, MC_U106179472, MC_U106188470, MC_U127561128, G0801056, G0600331, G0601261, G0000934, G0701863, G0600705, G0900554, G0501184, G9824984, MC_qA137934, G9521010] Funding Source: UKRI
  95. Academy of Finland (AKA) [114382, 114382] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
  96. Chief Scientist Office [CZB/4/710] Funding Source: researchfish
  97. Medical Research Council [G0900554, G0601261, G0600705, G9824984, MC_U106179472, G0801056, MC_qA137934, MC_U127561128, G9521010, MC_U137686857, G0000934, MC_U106179471, MC_U106188470, G0600331, G0401527, G0701863, G0501184, G0801056B] Funding Source: researchfish
  98. National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0508-10212] Funding Source: researchfish

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Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations between body mass index and similar to 2.8 million SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted follow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 additional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci associated with body mass index (P < 5 x 10(-8)), one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.

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