Epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of BMI, BMI change and waist circumference in African American adults identifies multiple replicated loci

EW Demerath, W Guan, ML Grove… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Obesity is an important component of the pathophysiology of chronic diseases. Identifying
epigenetic modifications associated with elevated adiposity, including DNA methylation …

Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization …

MM Mendelson, RE Marioni, R Joehanes, C Liu… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The link between DNA methylation, obesity, and adiposity-related diseases in
the general population remains uncertain. Methods and Findings We conducted an …

Epigenome‐wide study identifies novel methylation loci associated with body mass index and waist circumference

S Aslibekyan, EW Demerath, M Mendelson, D Zhi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To conduct an epigenome‐wide analysis of DNA methylation and obesity traits.
Methods DNA methylation was quantified in CD4+ T‐cells using the Illumina Infinium …

Body mass index drives changes in DNA methylation: a longitudinal study

D Sun, T Zhang, S Su, G Hao, T Chen, QZ Li… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Previous EWASs (Epigenome-Wide Association Studies) suggest that obesity
may be the cause, not a consequence, of changes in DNA methylation (DNAm). However …

DNA methylation and obesity traits: An epigenome-wide association study. The REGICOR study

S Sayols-Baixeras, I Subirana, A Fernández-Sanlés… - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Obesity is associated with increased risk of several diseases and has become epidemic.
Obesity is highly heritable but the genetic variants identified by genome-wide association …

Epigenome-wide profiling of DNA methylation in paired samples of adipose tissue and blood

YT Huang, S Chu, EB Loucks, CL Lin, CB Eaton… - Epigenetics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many epigenetic association studies have attempted to identify DNA methylation markers in
blood that are able to mirror those in target tissues. Although some have suggested potential …

DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies

FOL Vehmeijer, LK Küpers, GC Sharp, LA Salas… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA methylation has been shown to be associated with adiposity in adulthood.
However, whether similar DNA methylation patterns are associated with childhood and …

Adiposity is associated with DNA methylation profile in adipose tissue

G Agha, EA Houseman, KT Kelsey… - International journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: Adiposity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,
suggesting an important role for adipose tissue in the development of these conditions. The …

Many obesity-associated SNPs strongly associate with DNA methylation changes at proximal promoters and enhancers

S Voisin, MS Almén, GY Zheleznyakova, L Lundberg… - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background The mechanisms by which genetic variants, such as single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs), identified in genome-wide association studies act to influence body …

Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

S Wahl, A Drong, B Lehne, M Loh, WR Scott, S Kunze… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or affected by obesity, and are at
risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related metabolic and …