Health & Traits Publications

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)

Wang SH, Su MH et al.

Int J Obes (Lond)

Obesity has been associated with cognition in observational studies; however, whether its effect is ...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

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

Justice AE, Karaderi T et al.

Nat Genet

Body-fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed t...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (recessive genetic model)

Lotta LA, Wittemans LBL et al.

JAMA

Importance: Body fat distribution, usually measured using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is an important ...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

Emdin CA, Khera AV et al.

Diabetes

A genetic predisposition to higher waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (WHRadjBMI), a measure of bod...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

Pulit SL, Stoneman C et al.

Hum Mol Genet

More than one in three adults worldwide is either overweight or obese. Epidemiological studies indic...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

Graff M, Scott RA et al.

PLoS Genet

Physical activity (PA) may modify the genetic effects that give rise to increased risk of obesity. T...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (joint analysis for main effect and physical activity interaction)

Shungin D, Winkler TW et al.

Nature

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic out...

Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index