[HTML][HTML] A multilocus genetic risk score for obesity: Association with BMI and metabolic alterations in a cohort with severe obesity

SJM Sag, S Mueller, S Wallner, C Strack, U Hubauer… - Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Genome wide association studies have identified numerous single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with obesity, yet effect sizes of individual SNPs are small …

Dissecting the clinical relevance of polygenic risk score for obesity—a cross-sectional, longitudinal analysis

EK Choe, M Shivakumar, SM Lee, A Verma… - International Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Obesity is a global pandemic disease whose prevalence is increasing
worldwide. The clinical relevance of a polygenic risk score (PRS) for obesity has not been …

Penetrance of polygenic obesity susceptibility loci across the body mass index distribution: an update on scaling effects

A Abadi, A Alyass, S Robiou du Pont, B Bolker, P Singh… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
ABSTRACT A growing number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been
associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity, but whether the effect of these obesity …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies novel susceptibility loci for obesity

YF Pei, L Zhang, Y Liu, J Li, H Shen… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Obesity is a major public health problem with strong genetic determination. Multiple genetic
variants have been implicated for obesity by conducting genome-wide association (GWA) …

Gene-based meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies implicates new loci involved in obesity

S Hägg, A Ganna, SW Van Der Laan… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
To date, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified> 100 loci with single
variants associated with body mass index (BMI). This approach may miss loci with high …

Penetrance of polygenic obesity susceptibility loci across the body mass index distribution

A Abadi, A Alyass, SR du Pont, B Bolker… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
A growing number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with
body mass index (BMI) and obesity, but whether the effects of these obesity-susceptibility …

Genetic risk factors for BMI and obesity in an ethnically diverse population: results from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology (PAGE) study

MD Fesinmeyer, KE North, MD Ritchie, U Lim… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Several genome–wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated that
common genetic variants contribute to obesity. However, studies of this complex trait have …

Identification of three genetic variants as novel susceptibility loci for body mass index in a Japanese population

Y Yasukochi, J Sakuma, I Takeuchi… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Recent genome-wide association studies have identified various obesity or metabolic
syndrome (MetS) susceptibility loci. However, most studies were conducted in a cross …

The challenge of stratifying obesity: attempts in the Quebec family study

J de Toro-Martín, F Guénard, C Bouchard… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims: Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. Given the
heterogeneous obesity phenotype, an optimal obesity stratification would improve clinical …

Developments in obesity genetics in the era of genome-wide association studies

FR Day, RJF Loos - Lifestyle Genomics, 2011 - karger.com
Obesity is an important factor contributing to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. By
identifying obesity susceptibility genes, scientists aim to elucidate some of its aetiology …