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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

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Elizabeth K. Speliotes, Cristen J. Willer, Sonja I. Berndt, Keri L. Monda, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Anvesh Jackson, Hana Lango Allen, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Jian Luan, Reedik Mägi, Joshua C. Randall, Sailaja Vedantam, Thomas W. Winkler, Lu Qi, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Iris M. Heid, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir, Heather M. Stringham, Michael N. Weedon, Eleanor Wheeler, Abigail Wood, Teresa Cruz Ferreira, Robert J. Weyant, Ayellet V. Segrè, Karol Estrada, Liming Liang, James C. Nemesh, J. H. Park, Stefan Gustafsson, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Jiwon Yang, Nabila Bouatia‐Naji, Tõnu Esko, M.F. Feitosa, Zoltán Kutalik, Massimo Mangino, Soumya Raychaudhuri, André Scherag, Albert V. Smith, Robert Welch, Jing Hua Zhao, Katja K.H. Aben, Devin Absher, Najaf Amin, Ajeya Dixon, Elizabeth Fisher, Nicole L. Glazer, Michael Edward Goddard, Nancy L. Heard‐Costa, Volker Hoesel, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Åsa Johansson, Thomas Johnson, Shamika Ketkar, Claudia Lamina, S. Li, Miriam F. Moffatt, Richard H. Myers, N. Narisu, John R. B. Perry, Marjolein J. Peters, Michael H Preuss, Samuli Ripatti, Fernando Rivadeneira, Camilla Helene Sandholt, Laura J. Scott, Nicholas John Timpson, Jonathan P. Tyrer, S. van Wingerden, Richard M. Watanabe, Charles C. White, Fredrik E. Wiklund, Cristina Barlassina, Daniel I. Chasman, Matthew N. Cooper, Jan-Hakan Jansson, Robert Lawrence, Niina Pellikka, Inga Prokopenko, Juanzi Shi, Elisabeth Thiering, Helene Alavere, Maria Teresa Sciarrone Alibrandi, Peter Almgren, Alice M. Arnold, Thor Aspelund, Larry D. Atwood, Beverley Balkau, Anthony J. Balmforth, Amanda J. Bennett, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, Richard N. Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Heike Biebermann, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore, Tanja Boes, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Stefan Richard Bornstein, M. J. Brown, Thomas A. Buchanan, Fabio Busonero, Harry Campbell, Francesco Paolo Cappuccio, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Yii‐Der Ida Chen, C. M. Chen, Peter S. Chines, Raymond A. Clarke, Lachlan Coin, Jmc Connell, Inm Day, Martin den Heijer, Jiayu Duan, Shah B J Ebrahim, Paul Elliott, Roberto Elosúa, G. Eiríksdóttir, Michael R. Erdos, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Maurizio Facheris, Stephan Burkhard Felix, Pamela Fischer‐Posovszky, Aaron R. Folsom, Nele Friedrich, Nelson B. Freimer, Minjie Fu, Stefan Gaget, PV Gejman, Eco J. C. de Geus, Christian Gieger, Anette P. Gjesing, Anuj Goel, Philippe Goyette, Harald Grallert, J Gräßler, Danielle M. Greenawalt, Christopher J. Groves, Vilmundur G. Gudnason, Candace Guiducci, Anna‐Liisa Hartikainen, Neelam Hassanali, Ashley Hall, Aki Samuli Havulinna, Caroline Hayward, Andrew C. Heath, Christian Hengstenberg, Andrew A. Hicks, Anke Hinney, Albert Hofman D, Georg Homuth, Jennie Hui, Wilmar Igl, Carlos Iribarren, Bo Isomaa, Kevin B. Jacobs, Ivonne Jarick, Erica Jewell, Ulrik P. John, Torben Jørgensen, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti M. Jula, Marika Kaakinen, Eero Kajantie, Lee M. 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Speliotes, E. K., Willer, C. J., Berndt, S. I., Monda, K. L., Þorleifsson, G., Jackson, A., Allen, H. L., Lindgren, C. M., Luan, J., Mägi, R., Randall, J. C., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., Qi, L., Workalemahu, T., Heid, I. M., Steinthórsdóttir, V., Stringham, H. M., Weedon, M. N., Wheeler, E., Wood, A., Ferreira, T. C., Weyant, R. J., Segrè, A. V., Estrada, K., Liang, L., Nemesh, J. C., Park, J. H., Gustafsson, S., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Yang, J., Bouatia‐Naji, N., Esko, T., Feitosa, M. F., Kutalik, Z., Mangino, M., Raychaudhuri, S., Scherag, A., Smith, A. V., Welch, R., Zhao, J. H., Aben, K. K. H., Absher, D., Amin, N., Dixon, A., Fisher, E., Glazer, N. L., Goddard, M. E., Heard‐Costa, N. L., Hoesel, V., Hottenga, J., Johansson, Å., Johnson, T., Ketkar, S., Lamina, C., Li, S., Moffatt, M. F., Myers, R. H., Narisu, N., Perry, J. R. B., Peters, M. J., Preuss, M. H., Ripatti, S., Rivadeneira, F., Sandholt, C. H., Scott, L. J., Timpson, N. J., Tyrer, J. P., van Wingerden, S., Watanabe, R. 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Speliotes, E. K., Willer, C. J., Berndt, S. I., Monda, K. L., Þorleifsson, G., Jackson, A., Allen, H. L., Lindgren, C. M., Luan, J., Mägi, R., Randall, J. C., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., Qi, L., Workalemahu, T., Heid, I. M., Steinthórsdóttir, V., Stringham, H. M., Weedon, M. N., . . . Loos, R. J. F. (2010). Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). https://doi.org/10.17615/d3bn-7g86

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