New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

Title:	New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism
Authors:	Horikoshi, M Yaghootkar, H Mook-Kanamori, DO Sovio, U Taal, HR Hennig, BJ Bradfield, JP St Pourcain, B Evans, DM Charoen, P Kaakinen, M Cousminer, DL Lehtimaki, T Kreiner-Moller, E Warrington, NM Bustamante, M Feenstra, B Berry, DJ Thiering, E Pfab, T Barton, SJ Shields, BM Kerkhof, M Van Leeuwen, EM Fulford, AJ Kutalik, Z Zhao, JH Den Hoed, M Mahajan, A Lindi, V Goh, L Hottenga, J Wu, Y Raitakari, OT Harder, MN Meirhaeghe, A Ntalla, I Salem, RM Jameson, KA Zhou, K Monies, DM Lagou, V Kirin, M Heikkinen, J Adair, LS Alkuraya, FS Al-Odaib, A Amouyel, P Andersson, EA Bennett, AJ Blakemore, AIF Buxton, JL Dallongeville, J Das, S De Geus, EJC Estivill, X Flexeder, C Froguel, P Geller, F Godfrey, KM Gottrand, F Groves, CJ Hansen, T Hirschhorn, JN Hofman, A Hollegaard, MV Hougaard, DM Hypponen, E Inskip, HM Isaacs, A Jorgensen, T Kanaka-Gantenbein, C Kemp, JP Kiess, W Kilpelainen, TO Klopp, N Knight, BA Kuzawa, CW McMahon, G Newnham, JP Niinikoski, H Oostra, BA Pedersen, L Postma, DS Ring, SM Rivadeneira, F Robertson, NR Sebert, S Simell, O Slowinski, T Tiesler, CMT Tonjes, A Vaag, A Viikari, JS Vink, JM Vissing, NH Wareham, NJ Willemsen, G Witte, DR Zhang, H Zhao, J
Item Type:	Journal Article
Issue Date:	2-Dec-2012
Date of Acceptance:	31-Oct-2012
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28915
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.2477
ISSN:	1546-1718
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Start Page:	76
End Page:	82
Journal / Book Title:	Nature Genetics
Volume:	45
Issue:	1
Copyright Statement:	© 2012, Rights Managed by Nature Publishing Group
Sponsor/Funder:	Medical Research Council (MRC) Medical Research Council (MRC) Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funder's Grant Number:	G0600331 G0801056B G1002084
Keywords:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Genetics & Heredity GENETICS & HEREDITY GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION TYPE-2 DIABETES RISK SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI COMMON VARIANTS BLOOD-PRESSURE FASTING GLUCOSE HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE GLUCOKINASE GENE METAANALYSIS INDIVIDUALS Adult Birth Weight Blood Pressure Body Height Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Female Fetal Development Genetic Linkage Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Infant, Newborn Male Meta-Analysis as Topic Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Quantitative Trait Loci Meta-Analyses of Glucose- and Insulin-related traits Consortium (MAGIC) Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium Adult Birth Weight/*genetics Blood Pressure/genetics Body Height/*genetics Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics Female Fetal Development/*genetics *Genetic Linkage Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Infant, Newborn Male Meta-Analysis as Topic Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide *Quantitative Trait Loci Developmental Biology 11 Medical And Health Sciences 06 Biological Sciences
Notes:	10.1038/ng.2477
Publication Status:	Published
Appears in Collections:	Department of Medicine (up to 2019)