A genome-wide screen for interactions reveals a new locus on 4p15 modifying the effect of waist-to-hip ratio on total cholesterol.

A genome-wide screen for interactions reveals a new locus on 4p15 modifying the effect of waist-to-hip ratio on total cholesterol.

Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies described 95 loci controlling serum lipid levels. These common variants explain ∼25% of the heritability of the phenotypes. To date, no unbiased screen for gene-environment interactions for circulating lipids has been reported. We screened for variants th...

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Main Authors: Ida Surakka, Aaron Isaacs, Lennart C Karssen, Pirkka-Pekka P Laurila, Rita P S Middelberg, Emmi Tikkanen, Janina S Ried, Claudia Lamina, Massimo Mangino, Wilmar Igl, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Vasiliki Lagou, Pim van der Harst, Irene Mateo Leach, Tõnu Esko, Zoltán Kutalik, Nicholas W Wainwright, Maksim V Struchalin, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Antti J Kangas, Jorma S Viikari, Markus Perola, Taina Rantanen, Ann-Kristin Petersen, Pasi Soininen, Asa Johansson, Nicole Soranzo, Andrew C Heath, Theodore Papamarkou, Inga Prokopenko, Anke Tönjes, Florian Kronenberg, Angela Döring, Fernando Rivadeneira, Grant W Montgomery, John B Whitfield, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Nelson B Freimer, Gonneke Willemsen, Eco J C de Geus, Aarno Palotie, Manj S Sandhu, Dawn M Waterworth, Andres Metspalu, Michael Stumvoll, André G Uitterlinden, Antti Jula, Gerjan Navis, Cisca Wijmenga, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Mika Ala-Korpela, Jaakko Kaprio, Kirsten O Kyvik, Dorret I Boomsma, Nancy L Pedersen, Ulf Gyllensten, James F Wilson, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell, Peter P Pramstaller, Tim D Spector, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Johan G Eriksson, Veikko Salomaa, Ben A Oostra, Olli T Raitakari, H-Erich Wichmann, Christian Gieger, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Nicholas G Martin, Albert Hofman, Mark I McCarthy, Leena Peltonen, Cornelia M van Duijn, Yurii S Aulchenko, Samuli Ripatti, ENGAGE Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197672?pdf=render

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