• Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits 

      Vogelezang, Suzanne; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Curtin, John A.; Lakka, Timo A.; Grarup, Niels; Scholz, Markus; van der Most, Peter J.; Monnereau, Claire; Stergiakouli, Evie; Heiskala, Anni; Horikoshi, Momoko; Fedko, Iryna O.; Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia; Cousminer, Diana L.; Standl, Marie; Wang, Carol A.; Viikari, Jorma; Geller, Frank; Íñiguez, Carmen; Pitkänen, Niina; Chesi, Alessandra; Bacelis, Jonas; Yengo, Loic; Torrent, Maties; Ntalla, Ioanna; Helgeland, Øyvind; Selzam, Saskia; Vonk, Judith M.; Zafarmand, Mohammed H.; Heude, Barbara; Farooqi, Ismaa Sadaf; Alyass, Akram; Beaumont, Robin N.; Have, Christian T.; Rzehak, Peter; Bilbao, Jose Ramon; Schnurr, Theresia M.; Barroso, Inês; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Beilin, Lawrence J.; Carstensen, Lisbeth; Charles, Marie-Aline; Chawes, Bo; Clément, Karine; Closa-Monasterolo, Ricardo; Custovic, Adnan; Eriksson, Johan G.; Vaudel, Marc; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The genetic background of childhood body mass index (BMI), and the extent to which the well-known associations of childhood BMI with adult diseases are explained by shared genetic factors, are largely unknown. We performed ...
    • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability 

      Lagou, Vasiliki; Mägi, Reedik; Hottenga, Jouke- Jan; Grallert, Harald; Perry, John R. B.; Bouatia-Naji, Nabila; Marullo, Letizia; Rybin, Denis V.; Jansen, Rick; Min, JL; Dimas, AS; Ulrich, Anna; Zudina, Liudmila; Gådin, Jesper R.; Jiang, Longda; Faggian, Alessia; Bonnefond, Amélie; Fadista, Joao; Stathopoulou, Maria G.; Isaacs, Aaron; Willems, Sara M.; Navarro, Pau; Tanaka, Toshiko; Jackson, Anne U.; Montasser, May E.; O’Connell, Jeff R.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Webster, Rebecca J.; Saxena, Richa; Stafford, Jeanette M.; Pourcain, Beate St; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Salo, Perttu; Shin, SY; Amin, Najaf; Smith, Albert V.; Li, G; Verweij, Niek; Goel, Anuj; Ford, Ian; Johnson, Paul C. D.; Johnson, Toby; Kapur, Karen; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Strawbridge, Rona J.; Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J.; Esko, Tõnu; Mihailov, E; Fall, Tove; Fraser, Ross M; Mahajan, Anubha; Kanoni, Stavroula; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Kleber, Marcus E.; Silbernagel, Günther; Meyer, Julia; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Ganna, Andrea; Sarin, Antti-Pekka; Yengo, Loic; Shungin, D; Luan, Jian’an; Horikoshi, Momoko; An, Ping; Sanna, Serena; Boettcher, Yvonne; Rayner, Nigel W; Nolte, Ilja M.; Zemunik, Tatijana; Iperen, Erik van; Kovacs, Peter; Hastie, Nicholas D.; Wild, Sarah H.; McLachlan, Stela; Campbell, Susan; Polasek, Ozren; Carlson, Olga; Egan, Josephine; Kiess, Wieland; Willemsen, Gonneke; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Dimitriou, M; Hicks, Andrew A.; Rauramaa, Rainer; Bandinelli, Stefania; Thorand, Barbara; Liu, Yongmei; Miljkovic, Iva; Lind, Lars; Doney, Alex; Perola, Markus; Hingorani, Aroon; Kivimaki, Mika; Kumari, Meena; Bennett, Amanda J.; Groves, Christopher J.; Herder, Christian; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Kinnunen, Leena; Faire, Ulf de; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Uusitupa, Matti; Palmer, Colin N. A.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Sattar, Naveed; Pouta, Anneli; Snieder, Harold; Boerwinkle, Eric; Pankow, James S.; Magnusson, Patrik K.; Krus, Ulrika; Scapoli, Chiara; de Geus, Eco J. C. N.; Blüher, Matthias; Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R.; Province, Michael A.; Abecasis, Goncalo R.; Meigs, James B.; Hovingh, G. Kees; Lindström, Jaana; Wilson, JF; Wright, Alan F.; Dedoussis, George; Bornstein, Stefan R.; Schwarz, Peter E. H.; Tönjes, Anke; Winkelmann, Bernhard R.; Boehm, Bernhard O.; März, Winfried; Metspalu, Andres; Price, Jackie F.; Deloukas, Panos; Körner, Antje; Lakka, Timo A.; Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M.; Saaristo, Timo E.; Bergman, Richard N.; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Wareham, Nick; Langenberg, Claudia; Männistö, Satu; Franks, Paul W; Hayward, Caroline; Vitart, Veronique; Kaprio, Jaakko; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie; Balkau, Beverley; Altshuler, D; Rudan, Igor; Stumvoll, Michael; Campbell, Harry; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Gieger, Christian; Illig, Thomas; Ferrucci, Luigi; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Boehnke, Michael; Frayling, TM; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Palmer, Lyle J.; Penninx, Brenda W.; Meneton, Pierre; Harris, Tamara B.; Navis, Gerjan; Harst, Pim van der; Smith, George Davey; Forouhi, Nita G.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Salomaa, Veikko; Soranzo, Nicole; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Groop, L; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hofman, Albert; Munroe, Patricia B.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Siscovick, David S.; Watkins, Hugh; Lecoeur, Cecile; Vollenweider, Peter; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Eriksson, Per; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Stefansson, Kari; Hamsten, Anders; Nicholson, George; Karpe, Fredrik; Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Froguel, Philippe; Kaakinen, Marika A.; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Watanabe, Richard M.; Ingelsson, Erik; Florez, Jose C.; Dupuis, Josée; Barroso, I; Morris, Andrew P.; Prokopenko, Inga (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Differences between sexes contribute to variation in the levels of fasting glucose and insulin. Epidemiological studies established a higher prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in men and impaired glucose tolerance in ...
    • A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity 

      Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Felix, Janine F.; Chesi, Alessandra; Helgeland, Øyvind; Horikoshi, Momoko; Karhunen, Ville; Lowry, Estelle; Cousminer, Diana L.; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Boh, Eileen Tai-Hui; Zafarmand, Mohammad H.; Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia; Wang, Carol A.; Joro, Raimo; Chen, Zhanghua; Gauderman, William J.; Pitkänen, Niina; Parra, Esteban J.; Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay; Alyass, Akram; Monnereau, Claire; Curtin, John A.; Have, Christian T.; McCormack, Shana E.; Hollensted, Mette; Frithioff-Bøjsøe, Christine; Valladares-Salgado, Adan; Peralta-Romero, Jesus; Teo, Yik-Ying; Standl, Marie; Leinonen, Jaakko T.; Holm, Jens-Christian; Peters, Triinu; Vioque, Jesus; Vrijheid, Martine; Simpson, Angela; Custovic, Adnan; Vaudel, Marc; Canouil, Mickaël; Lindi, Virpi; Atalay, Mustafa; Kahonen, Mika; Raitakari, Olli T.; van Schaik, Barbera D.C.; Berkowitz, Robert I.; Cole, Shelley A.; Voruganti, V. Saroja; Wang, Yujie; Highland, Heather M.; Comuzzie, Anthony G.; Butte, Nancy F.; Justice, Anne E.; Gahagan, Sheila; Blanco, Estela; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lakka, Timo A.; Hebebrand, Johannes; Bonnefond, Amélie; Grarup, Niels; Froguel, Philippe; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Cruz, Miguel; Kobes, Sayuko; Hanson, Robert L.; Zemel, Babette S.; Hinney, Anke; Teo, Koon K.; Meyre, David; North, Kari E.; Gilliland, Frank D.; Bisgaard, Hans; Bustamante, Mariona; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Pennell, Craig E.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Uitterlinden, André G.; Baier, Leslie J.; Vrijkotte, Tanja G.M.; Heinrich, Joachim; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Saw, Seang-Mei; Pedersen, Oluf; Hansen, Torben; Eriksson, Johan; Widén, Elisabeth; McCarthy, Mark I.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Power, Christine; Hyppönen, Elina; Sebert, Sylvain; Brown, Christopher D.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Johansson, Stefan; Hakonarson, Hakon; Jaddoe, Vincent W.V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Although hundreds of genome-wide association studies-implicated loci have been reported for adult obesity-related traits, less is known about the genetics specific for early-onset obesity and with only a few studies conducted ...