SynthesisNature genetics2017
Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population.
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297 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 499 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses of polycystic ovary syndrome.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Genome-wide association study provides novel insight into the genetic architecture of severe obesity.PLoS genetics · 2025Pooled it
- A contextual genomic perspective on physical activity and its relationship to health, well being and illness.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Genome-wide association studies in a large Korean cohort identify quantitative trait loci for 36 traits and illuminate their genetic architectures.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide associations and polygenic risk prediction for atrial fibrillation in more than 180,000 cases.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Genetic susceptibility to caffeine intake and metabolism: a systematic review.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Genome-wide association studies for pelvic organ prolapse in the Japanese population.Communications biology · 2024Pooled it
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- Investigating the shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and body mass index.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- GWAS-Identified Variants for Obesity Do Not Influence the Risk of Developing Multiple Myeloma: A Population-Based Study and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- An empirical Bayes approach to improving population-specific genetic association estimation by leveraging cross-population data.Genetic epidemiology · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence of causality of low body mass index on risk of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Identification of genetic effects underlying type 2 diabetes in South Asian and European populations.Communications biology · 2022Pooled it
- Metabolic surgery in treatment of obese Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: a joint consensus statement from the Japanese Society for Treatment of Obesity, the Japan Diabetes Society, and the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity.Diabetology international · 2022Guideline
- Body mass index and colorectal cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study.Cancer science · 2021Pooled it
- Large genome-wide association study identifies three novel risk variants for restless legs syndrome.Communications biology · 2020Pooled it
- Distinct genetic subtypes of adiposity and glycemic changes in response to weight-loss diet intervention: the POUNDS Lost trial.European journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
- Beyond BMI: Genome-Wide Associations of Visceral Fat, Fat Mass, and Fat-Free Mass in Eastern Asian Populations.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a risk factor for a wide variety of health problems. In a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of body mass index (BMI) in Japanese people (n = 173,430), we found 85 loci significantly associated with obesity (P < 5.0 × 10
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