Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.
Heid
Iris M
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Regensburg University Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Regensburg, Germany.
Jackson
Anne U
AU
Randall
Joshua C
JC
Winkler
Thomas W
TW
Qi
Lu
L
Steinthorsdottir
Valgerdur
V
Thorleifsson
Gudmar
G
Zillikens
M Carola
MC
Speliotes
Elizabeth K
EK
Mägi
Reedik
R
Workalemahu
Tsegaselassie
T
White
Charles C
CC
Bouatia-Naji
Nabila
N
Harris
Tamara B
TB
Berndt
Sonja I
SI
Ingelsson
Erik
E
Willer
Cristen J
CJ
Weedon
Michael N
MN
Luan
Jian'an
J
Vedantam
Sailaja
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Esko
Tõnu
T
Kilpeläinen
Tuomas O
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Kutalik
Zoltán
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Li
Shengxu
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Monda
Keri L
KL
Dixon
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AL
Holmes
Christopher C
CC
Kaplan
Lee M
LM
Liang
Liming
L
Min
Josine L
JL
Moffatt
Miriam F
MF
Molony
Cliona
C
Nicholson
George
G
Schadt
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Zondervan
Krina T
KT
Feitosa
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MF
Ferreira
Teresa
T
Lango Allen
Hana
H
Weyant
Robert J
RJ
Wheeler
Eleanor
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Wood
Andrew R
AR
Estrada
Karol
K
Goddard
Michael E
ME
Lettre
Guillaume
G
Mangino
Massimo
M
Nyholt
Dale R
DR
Purcell
Shaun
S
Smith
Albert Vernon
AV
Visscher
Peter M
PM
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Jian
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McCarroll
Steven A
SA
Nemesh
James
J
Voight
Benjamin F
BF
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Devin
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Amin
Najaf
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Aspelund
Thor
T
Coin
Lachlan
L
Glazer
Nicole L
NL
Hayward
Caroline
C
Heard-Costa
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NL
Hottenga
Jouke-Jan
JJ
Johansson
Asa
A
Johnson
Toby
T
Kaakinen
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M
Kapur
Karen
K
Ketkar
Shamika
S
Knowles
Joshua W
JW
Kraft
Peter
P
Kraja
Aldi T
AT
Lamina
Claudia
C
Leitzmann
Michael F
MF
McKnight
Barbara
B
Morris
Andrew P
AP
Ong
Ken K
KK
Perry
John R B
JR
Peters
Marjolein J
MJ
Polasek
Ozren
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Prokopenko
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F
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Sovio
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Surakka
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Teumer
Alexander
A
van Wingerden
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Vitart
Veronique
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Zhao
Jing Hua
JH
Cavalcanti-Proença
Christine
C
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Peter S
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Fisher
Eva
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Kulzer
Jennifer R
JR
Lecoeur
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C
Narisu
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Sandholt
Camilla
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ML
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TM
Timpson
Nicholas John
NJ
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Richard M
RM
Welch
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R
Chasman
Daniel I
DI
Cooper
Matthew N
MN
Jansson
John-Olov
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Johannes
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Lawrence
Robert W
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Pellikka
Niina
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Vandenput
Liesbeth
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Alavere
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Atwood
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AJ
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Bornstein
Stefan R
SR
Buchanan
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Campbell
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Ian N M
IN
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M
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Marcus
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Paul
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Nelson B
NB
Fu
Mao
M
Gaget
Stefan
S
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Eco J C
EJ
Gjesing
Anette P
AP
Grallert
Harald
H
Grässler
Jürgen
J
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Christopher J
CJ
Guiducci
Candace
C
Hartikainen
Anna-Liisa
AL
Hassanali
Neelam
N
Havulinna
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Karl-Heinz
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Andrew A
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Jennie
J
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Jousilahti
Pekka
P
Jula
Antti
A
Kajantie
Eero
E
Kinnunen
Leena
L
Kolcic
Ivana
I
Koskinen
Seppo
S
Kovacs
Peter
P
Kroemer
Heyo K
HK
Krzelj
Vjekoslav
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Kuusisto
Johanna
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Kvaloy
Kirsti
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Laitinen
Jaana
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Lantieri
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Lathrop
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GM
Lokki
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Ludwig
Barbara
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McArdle
Wendy L
WL
McCarthy
Anne
A
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MA
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Carl G P
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Nilesh J
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van Ommen
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Claudia B
CB
Wallaschofski
Henri
H
Walters
G Bragi
GB
Widen
Elisabeth
E
Wild
Sarah H
SH
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Witte
Daniel R
DR
Zgaga
Lina
L
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Paavo
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AL
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PM
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Christian
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Bruce M
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Thomas
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Igor
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Alan R
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Timothy D
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Ann-Christine
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Manuela
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