TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index
AU - Felix, Janine F
AU - Bradfield, Jonathan P
AU - Monnereau, Claire
AU - van der Valk, Ralf J P
AU - Stergiakouli, Evie
AU - Chesi, Alessandra
AU - Gaillard, Romy
AU - Feenstra, Bjarke
AU - Thiering, Elisabeth
AU - Kreiner-Møller, Eskil
AU - Mahajan, Anubha
AU - Pitkänen, Niina
AU - Joro, Raimo
AU - Cavadino, Alana
AU - Huikari, Ville
AU - Franks, Steve
AU - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M
AU - Cousminer, Diana L
AU - Marsh, Julie A
AU - Lehtimäki, Terho
AU - Curtin, John A
AU - Vioque, Jesus
AU - Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh
AU - Myhre, Ronny
AU - Price, Thomas S
AU - Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia
AU - Yengo, Loïc
AU - Grarup, Niels
AU - Ntalla, Ioanna
AU - Ang, Wei
AU - Atalay, Mustafa
AU - Bisgaard, Hans
AU - Blakemore, Alexandra I
AU - Bonnefond, Amelie
AU - Carstensen, Lisbeth
AU - Eriksson, Johan
AU - Flexeder, Claudia
AU - Franke, Lude
AU - Geller, Frank
AU - Geserick, Mandy
AU - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa
AU - Haworth, Claire M A
AU - Hirschhorn, Joel N
AU - Holm, Jens-Christian
AU - Kadarmideen, Haja N
AU - Pers, Tune H.
AU - Pedersen, Oluf
AU - Hansen, Torben
AU - Melbye, Mads
AU - Sørensen, Thorkild I A
AU - Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Consortium
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PY - 2016/1/15
Y1 - 2016/1/15
N2 - A large number of genetic loci are associated with adult body mass index. However, the genetics of childhood body mass index are largely unknown.We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of childhood body mass index, using sex- and age-adjusted standard deviation scores.We included 35 668 children from 20 studies in the discovery phase and 11 873 children from 13 studies in the replication phase. In total, 15 loci reached genome-wide significance (P-value < 5 × 10-8) in the joint discovery and replication analysis, of which 12 are previously identified loci in or close to ADCY3, GNPDA2, TMEM18, SEC16B, FAIM2, FTO, TFAP2B, TNNI3K, MC4R, GPR61, LMX1B and OLFM4 associated with adult body mass index or childhood obesity. We identified three novel loci: rs13253111 near ELP3, rs8092503 near RAB27B and rs13387838 near ADAM23. Per additional risk allele, body mass index increased 0.04 Standard Deviation Score (SDS) [Standard Error (SE) 0.007], 0.05 SDS (SE 0.008) and 0.14 SDS (SE 0.025), for rs13253111, rs8092503 and rs13387838, respectively. A genetic risk score combining all 15 SNPs showed that each additional average risk allele was associated with a 0.073 SDS (SE 0.011, P-value = 3.12 × 10-10) increase in childhood body mass index in a population of 1955 children. This risk score explained 2% of the variance in childhood body mass index. This study highlights the shared genetic background between childhood and adult body mass index and adds three novel loci. These loci likely represent age-related differences in strength of the associations with body mass index.
AB - A large number of genetic loci are associated with adult body mass index. However, the genetics of childhood body mass index are largely unknown.We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of childhood body mass index, using sex- and age-adjusted standard deviation scores.We included 35 668 children from 20 studies in the discovery phase and 11 873 children from 13 studies in the replication phase. In total, 15 loci reached genome-wide significance (P-value < 5 × 10-8) in the joint discovery and replication analysis, of which 12 are previously identified loci in or close to ADCY3, GNPDA2, TMEM18, SEC16B, FAIM2, FTO, TFAP2B, TNNI3K, MC4R, GPR61, LMX1B and OLFM4 associated with adult body mass index or childhood obesity. We identified three novel loci: rs13253111 near ELP3, rs8092503 near RAB27B and rs13387838 near ADAM23. Per additional risk allele, body mass index increased 0.04 Standard Deviation Score (SDS) [Standard Error (SE) 0.007], 0.05 SDS (SE 0.008) and 0.14 SDS (SE 0.025), for rs13253111, rs8092503 and rs13387838, respectively. A genetic risk score combining all 15 SNPs showed that each additional average risk allele was associated with a 0.073 SDS (SE 0.011, P-value = 3.12 × 10-10) increase in childhood body mass index in a population of 1955 children. This risk score explained 2% of the variance in childhood body mass index. This study highlights the shared genetic background between childhood and adult body mass index and adds three novel loci. These loci likely represent age-related differences in strength of the associations with body mass index.
U2 - 10.1093/hmg/ddv472
DO - 10.1093/hmg/ddv472
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26604143
SN - 0964-6906
VL - 25
SP - 389
EP - 403
JO - Human Molecular Genetics
JF - Human Molecular Genetics
IS - 2
ER -