Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity
(2008) In Nature Genetics 40(6). p.768-775- Abstract
- To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the strongest association signal (rs17782313, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)) mapped 188 kb downstream of MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor), mutations of which are the leading cause of monogenic severe childhood-onset obesity. We confirmed the BMI association in 60,352 adults (per-allele effect = 0.05 Z-score units; P = 2.8 x 10(-15)) and 5,988 children aged 7-11 (0.13 Z-score units; P = 1.5 x 10(-8)). In case-control analyses (n = 10,583), the odds for severe childhood obesity reached 1.30 (P = 8.0 x 10(-11)). Furthermore, we observed overtransmission of the risk... (More)
- To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the strongest association signal (rs17782313, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)) mapped 188 kb downstream of MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor), mutations of which are the leading cause of monogenic severe childhood-onset obesity. We confirmed the BMI association in 60,352 adults (per-allele effect = 0.05 Z-score units; P = 2.8 x 10(-15)) and 5,988 children aged 7-11 (0.13 Z-score units; P = 1.5 x 10(-8)). In case-control analyses (n = 10,583), the odds for severe childhood obesity reached 1.30 (P = 8.0 x 10(-11)). Furthermore, we observed overtransmission of the risk allele to obese offspring in 660 families (P (pedigree disequilibrium test average; PDT-avg) 2.4 x 10(-4)). The SNP location and patterns of phenotypic associations are consistent with effects mediated through altered MC4R function. Our findings establish that common variants near MC4R influence fat mass, weight and obesity risk at the population level and reinforce the need for large-scale data integration to identify variants influencing continuous biomedical traits. (Less)
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abstract = {{To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the strongest association signal (rs17782313, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)) mapped 188 kb downstream of MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor), mutations of which are the leading cause of monogenic severe childhood-onset obesity. We confirmed the BMI association in 60,352 adults (per-allele effect = 0.05 Z-score units; P = 2.8 x 10(-15)) and 5,988 children aged 7-11 (0.13 Z-score units; P = 1.5 x 10(-8)). In case-control analyses (n = 10,583), the odds for severe childhood obesity reached 1.30 (P = 8.0 x 10(-11)). Furthermore, we observed overtransmission of the risk allele to obese offspring in 660 families (P (pedigree disequilibrium test average; PDT-avg) 2.4 x 10(-4)). The SNP location and patterns of phenotypic associations are consistent with effects mediated through altered MC4R function. Our findings establish that common variants near MC4R influence fat mass, weight and obesity risk at the population level and reinforce the need for large-scale data integration to identify variants influencing continuous biomedical traits.}},
author = {{Loos, Ruth J. F. and Lindgren, Cecilia M. and Li, Shengxu and Wheeler, Eleanor and Zhao, Jing Hua and Prokopenko, Inga and Inouye, Michael and Freathy, Rachel M. and Attwood, Antony P. and Beckmann, Jacques S. and Berndt, Sonja I. and Bergmann, Sven and Bennett, Amanda J. and Bingham, Sheila A. and Bochud, Murielle and Brown, Morris and Cauchi, Stephane and Connell, John M. and Cooper, Cyrus and Smith, George Davey and Day, Ian and Dina, Christian and De, Subhajyoti and Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T. and Doney, Alex S. F. and Elliott, Katherine S. and Elliott, Paul and Evans, David M. and Farooqi, I. Sadaf and Froguel, Philippe and Ghori, Jilur and Groves, Christopher J. and Gwilliam, Rhian and Hadley, David and Hall, Alistair S. and Hattersley, Andrew T. and Hebebrand, Johannes and Heid, Iris M. and Herrera, Blanca and Hinney, Anke and Hunt, Sarah E. and Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta and Johnson, Toby and Jolley, Jennifer D. M. and Karpe, Fredrik and Keniry, Andrew and Khaw, Kay-Tee and Luben, Robert N. and Ridderstråle, Martin and Groop, Leif}},
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title = {{Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity}},
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