A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance

  • Alisa K Manning
  • , Marie-France Hivert
  • , Robert A Scott
  • , Jonna L Grimsby
  • , Nabila Bouatia-Naji
  • , Han Chen
  • , Denis Rybin
  • , Ching-Ti Liu
  • , Lawrence F Bielak
  • , Inga Prokopenko
  • , Najaf Amin
  • , Daniel Barnes
  • , Gemma Cadby
  • , Jouke-Jan Hottenga
  • , Erik Ingelsson
  • , Anne U Jackson
  • , Toby Johnson
  • , Stavroula Kanoni
  • , Claes Ladenvall
  • , Vasiliki Lagou
  • Jari Lahti, Cecile Lecoeur, Yongmei Liu, Maria Teresa Martinez-Larrad, May E Montasser, Pau Navarro, John R B Perry, Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Perttu Salo, Naveed Sattar, Dmitry Shungin, Rona J Strawbridge, Toshiko Tanaka, Cornelia M van Duijn, Ping An, Mariza de Andrade, Jeanette S Andrews, Thor Aspelund, Mustafa Atalay, Yurii Aulchenko, Beverley Balkau, Stefania Bandinelli, Jacques S Beckmann, John P Beilby, Claire Bellis, Richard N Bergman, John Blangero, Mladen Boban, Michael Boehnke, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, DIAGRAM Consortium

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    Abstract

    Recent genome-wide association studies have described many loci implicated in type 2 diabetes (T2D) pathophysiology and β-cell dysfunction but have contributed little to the understanding of the genetic basis of insulin resistance. We hypothesized that genes implicated in insulin resistance pathways might be uncovered by accounting for differences in body mass index (BMI) and potential interactions between BMI and genetic variants. We applied a joint meta-analysis approach to test associations with fasting insulin and glucose on a genome-wide scale. We present six previously unknown loci associated with fasting insulin at P
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    Sider (fra-til)659-669
    Antal sider11
    TidsskriftNature Genetics
    Vol/bind44
    Udgave nummer6
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2012

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