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To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of adiposity and its links to cardiometabolic disease risk, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of body fat percentage (BF%) in up to 100,716 individuals. Twelve loci reached genome-wide significance (P < 5 x 10(-8)), of which eight were previously associated with increased overall adiposity (BMI, BF%) and four (in or near COBLL1/GRB14, IGF2BP1, PLA2G6, CRTC1) were novel associations with BF%. Seven loci showed a larger effect on BF% than on BMI, suggestive of a primary association with adiposity, while five loci showed larger effects on BMI than on BF%, suggesting association with both fat and lean mass. In particular, the loci more strongly associated with BF% showed distinct cross-phenotype association signatures with a range of cardiometabolic traits revealing new insights in the link between adiposity and disease risk.
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Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2016
Volume: 7
Print publication date: 01/02/2016
Online publication date: 01/02/2016
Acceptance date: 16/12/2015
Date deposited: 25/04/2016
ISSN (electronic): 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10495
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10495
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