• Fine Mapping of Five Loci Associated with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Detects Variants That Double the Explained Heritability 

      Sanna, S; Li, BS; Mulas, A; Sidore, C; Kang, HM; Jackson, AU; Piras, MG; Usala, G; Maninchedda, G; Sassu, A; Serra, F; Palmas, MA; Wood, WH; Njølstad, Inger; Laakso, M; Hveem, Kristian; Tuomilehto, J; Lakka, TA; Rauramaa, R; Boehnke, M; Cucca, F; Uda, M; Schlessinger, D; Nagaraja, R; Abecasis, GR (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Complex trait genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an efficient strategy for evaluating large numbers of common variants in large numbers of individuals and for identifying trait-associated variants. Nevertheless, GWAS often leave much of the trait heritability unexplained. We hypothesized that some of this unexplained heritability might be due to common and rare variants that reside in ...
    • Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits 

      Randall, JC; Winkler, TW; Kutalik, Z; Berndt, SI; Jackson, AU; Monda, KL; Kilpelainen, TO; Esko, T; Magi, R; Li, SX; Workalemahu, T; Feitosa, MF; Croteau-Chonka, DC; Day, FR; Fall, T; Ferreira, T; Gustafsson, S; Locke, AE; Mathieson, I; Scherag, A; Vedantam, S; Wood, AR; Liang, LM; Steinthorsdottir, V; Thorleifsson, G; Dermitzakis, ET; Dimas, AS; Karpe, F; Min, JL; Nicholson, G; Clegg, DJ; Person, T; Krohn, JP; Bauer, S; Buechler, C; Eisinger, K; Bonnefond, A; Froguel, P; Hottenga, JJ; Prokopenko, I; Waite, LL; Harris, TB; Smith, AV; Shuldiner, AR; McArdle, WL; Caulfield, MJ; Munroe, PB; Gronberg, H; Chen, YDI; Li, G; Beckmann, JS; Johnson, T; Thorsteinsdottir, U; Teder-Laving, M; Khaw, KT; Wareham, NJ; Zhao, JH; Amin, N; Oostra, BA; Kraja, AT; Province, MA; Cupples, LA; Heard-Costa, NL; Kaprio, J; Ripatti, S; Surakka, I; Collins, FS; Saramies, J; Tuomilehto, J; Jula, A; Salomaa, V; Erdmann, J; Hengstenberg, C; Loley, C; Schunkert, H; Lamina, C; Wichmann, HE; Albrecht, E; Gieger, C; Hicks, AA; Johansson, A; Pramstaller, PP; Kathiresan, S; Speliotes, EK; Penninx, B; Hartikainen, AL; Jarvelin, MR; Gyllensten, U; Boomsma, DI; Campbell, H; Wilson, JF; Chanock, SJ; Farrall, M; Goel, A; Medina-Gomez, C; Rivadeneira, F; Estrada, K; Uitterlinden, AG; Hofman, A; Zillikens, MC; den Heijer, M; Kiemeney, LA; Maschio, A; Hall, P; Tyrer, J; Teumer, A; Volzke, H; Kovacs, P; Tonjes, A; Mangino, M; Spector, TD; Hayward, C; Rudan, I; Hall, AS; Samani, NJ; Attwood, AP; Sambrook, JG; Hung, J; Palmer, LJ; Lokki, ML; Sinisalo, J; Boucher, G; Huikuri, H; Lorentzon, M; Ohlsson, C; Eklund, N; Eriksson, JG; Barlassina, C; Rivolta, C; Nolte, IM; Snieder, H; Van der Klauw, MM; Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, JV; Gejman, PV; Shi, JX; Jacobs, KB; Wang, ZM; Bakker, SJL; Leach, IM; Navis, G; van der Harst, P; Martin, NG; Medland, SE; Montgomery, GW; Yang, J; Chasman, DI; Ridker, PM; Rose, LM; Lehtimaki, T; Raitakari, O; Absher, D; Iribarren, C; Basart, H; Hovingh, KG; Hypponen, E; Power, C; Anderson, D; Beilby, JP; Hui, JN; Jolley, J; Sager, H; Bornstein, SR; Schwarz, PEH; Kristiansson, K; Perola, M; Lindstrom, J; Swift, AJ; Uusitupa, M; Atalay, M; Lakka, TA; Rauramaa, R; Bolton, JL; Fowkes, G; Fraser, RM; Price, JF; Fischer, K; KrjutAikov, K; Metspalu, A; Mihailov, E; Langenberg, C; Luan, JA; Ong, KK; Chines, PS; Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM; Saaristo, TE; Edkins, S; Franks, PW; Hallmans, G; Shungin, D; Morris, AD; Palmer, CNA; Erbel, R; Moebus, S; Nothen, MM; Pechlivanis, S; Hveem, Kristian; Narisu, N; Hamsten, A; Humphries, SE; Strawbridge, RJ; Tremoli, E; Grallert, H; Thorand, B; Illig, T; Koenig, W; Muller-Nurasyid, M; Peters, A; Boehm, BO; Kleber, ME; Marz, W; Winkelmann, BR; Kuusisto, J; Laakso, M; Arveiler, D; Cesana, G; Kuulasmaa, K; Virtamo, J; Yarnell, JWG; Kuh, D; Wong, A; Lind, L; de Faire, U; Gigante, B; Magnusson, PKE; Pedersen, NL; Dedoussis, G; Dimitriou, M; Kolovou, G; Kanoni, S; Stirrups, K; Bonnycastle, LL; Njølstad, Inger; Wilsgaard, Tom; Ganna, A; Rehnberg, E; Hingorani, A; Kivimaki, M; Kumari, M; Assimes, TL; Barroso, IS; Boehnke, M; Borecki, IB; Deloukas, P; Fox, CS; Frayling, T; Groop, LC; Haritunians, T; Hunter, D; Ingelsson, E; Kaplan, R; Mohlke, KL; O'Connell, JR; Schlessinger, D; Strachan, DP; Stefansson, K; van Duijn, CM; Abecasis, GR; McCarthy, MI; Hirschhorn, JN; Qi, L; Loos, Ruth J.F.; Lindgren, CM; North, KE; Heid, IM (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Given the anthropometric differences between men and women and previous evidence of sex-difference in genetic effects, we conducted a genome-wide search for sexually dimorphic associations with height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip-ratio (133,723 individuals) and took forward 348 SNPs into follow-up (additional 137,052 individuals) in a total ...