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GWAS 2025-07-01

Investigating the shared genetic architecture between adiposity measures and obesity-related cancers.

Wang S, Liu H et al.

Brief Bioinform

Fat distribution patterns are increasingly linked to obesity-related cancers; however, their shared ...

Leg fat ratio or ovarian cancer (pleiotropy)

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GWAS 2023-10-27

Genome-Wide Association Study of Pericardial Fat Area in 28 161 UK Biobank Participants.

Salih A, Ardissino M et al.

J Am Heart Assoc

BACKGROUND Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is the visceral adipose tissue compartment surrounding t...

Pericardial fat

28161

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GWAS 2022-08-02

Association of sedentary and physical activity behaviours with body composition: a genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study.

Ramadan FA, Bea JW et al.

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

Objectives: Studies suggest that body composition can be independently improved through physical act...

Moderate physical activity

360911

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GWAS 2022-06-30

Inherited basis of visceral, abdominal subcutaneous and gluteofemoral fat depots.

Agrawal S, Wang M et al.

Nat Commun

For any given level of overall adiposity, individuals vary considerably in fat distribution. The inh...

Visceral adipose tissue volumes

38965

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GWAS 2022-04-26

A Genome-wide association study on abdominal adiposity-related traits in adult Korean men.

Kim HJ, Son HY et al.

Obes Facts

Introduction: Although previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified genetic susc...

Visceral adipose tissue

Replicated

2417

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GWAS 2022-01-28

Polygenetic Variants Related to Osteoarthritis Risk and Their Interactions with Energy, Protein, Fat, and Alcohol Intake in Adults in a Large Cohort.

Park S

Diagnostics (Basel)

Osteoarthritis (OA) is increasing globally, especially among elderly Asian women, and its increase m...

Osteoarthritis

5430

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GWAS 2021-05-21

GWAS of allometric body-shape indices in UK Biobank identifies loci suggesting associations with morphogenesis, organogenesis, adrenal cell renewal and cancer.

Christakoudi S, Evangelou E et al.

Sci Rep

Genetic studies have examined body-shape measures adjusted for body mass index (BMI), while allometr...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

186825

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GWAS 2021-05-12

Genetic evidence for different adiposity phenotypes and their opposing influence on ectopic fat and risk of cardiometabolic disease.

Martin S, Cule M et al.

Diabetes

To understand the causal role of adiposity and ectopic fat in type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic di...

Body fat percentage

442278

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GWAS 2020-04-01

Two novel pleiotropic loci associated with osteoporosis and abdominal obesity.

Liu L, Yang XL et al.

Hum Genet

Aiming to uncover a shared genetic basis of abdominal obesity and osteoporosis, we performed a bivar...

Femoral neck bone mineral density

13035

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GWAS 2020-01-24

The derived allele of a novel intergenic variant at chromosome 11 associates with lower body mass index and a favorable metabolic phenotype in Greenlanders.

Andersen MK, Jørsboe E et al.

PLoS Genet

The genetic architecture of the small and isolated Greenlandic population is advantageous for identi...

Body mass index

Replicated

7213

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GWAS 2019-09-09

Contribution of genetics to visceral adiposity and its relation to cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Karlsson T, Rask-Andersen M et al.

Nat Med

Visceral adipose tissue (VAT)-fat stored around the internal organs-has been suggested as an indepen...

Predicted visceral adipose tissue

163984

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GWAS 2018-09-27

Using Adipose Measures from Health Care Provider-Based Imaging Data for Discovery.

Cha EDK, Veturi Y et al.

J Obes

The location and type of adipose tissue is an important factor in metabolic syndrome. A database of ...

Subcutaneous adipose tissue

2545

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Investigating the shared genetic architecture between adiposity measures and obesity-related cancers.

Wang S, Liu H et al.

Brief Bioinform

Leg fat ratio or ovarian cancer (pleiotropy)

2025-07-01

Genome-Wide Association Study of Pericardial Fat Area in 28 161 UK Biobank Participants.

Salih A, Ardissino M et al.

J Am Heart Assoc

Pericardial fat

2023-10-27

Association of sedentary and physical activity behaviours with body composition: a genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study.

Ramadan FA, Bea JW et al.

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

Moderate physical activity

2022-08-02

Inherited basis of visceral, abdominal subcutaneous and gluteofemoral fat depots.

Agrawal S, Wang M et al.

Nat Commun

Visceral adipose tissue volumes

2022-06-30

A Genome-wide association study on abdominal adiposity-related traits in adult Korean men.

Kim HJ, Son HY et al.

Obes Facts

Visceral adipose tissue

2022-04-26

Polygenetic Variants Related to Osteoarthritis Risk and Their Interactions with Energy, Protein, Fat, and Alcohol Intake in Adults in a Large Cohort.

Park S

Diagnostics (Basel)

Osteoarthritis

2022-01-28

GWAS of allometric body-shape indices in UK Biobank identifies loci suggesting associations with morphogenesis, organogenesis, adrenal cell renewal and cancer.

Christakoudi S, Evangelou E et al.

Sci Rep

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

2021-05-21

Genetic evidence for different adiposity phenotypes and their opposing influence on ectopic fat and risk of cardiometabolic disease.

Martin S, Cule M et al.

Diabetes

Body fat percentage

2021-05-12

Two novel pleiotropic loci associated with osteoporosis and abdominal obesity.

Liu L, Yang XL et al.

Hum Genet

Femoral neck bone mineral density

2020-04-01

The derived allele of a novel intergenic variant at chromosome 11 associates with lower body mass index and a favorable metabolic phenotype in Greenlanders.

Andersen MK, Jørsboe E et al.

PLoS Genet

Body mass index

2020-01-24

Contribution of genetics to visceral adiposity and its relation to cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Karlsson T, Rask-Andersen M et al.

Nat Med

Predicted visceral adipose tissue

2019-09-09

Using Adipose Measures from Health Care Provider-Based Imaging Data for Discovery.

Cha EDK, Veturi Y et al.

J Obes

Subcutaneous adipose tissue

2018-09-27