Infant and childhood BMI 2019 GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Genome-wide association study reveals dynamic role of genetic variation in infant and early childhood growth.
Helgeland Ø, et al.
Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 1;10(1):4448. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12308-0.
PMID: 31575865

Phenotypes

• Body mass index (BMI) at birth
• Body mass index (BMI) at 6 weeks
• Body mass index (BMI) at 3 months
• Body mass index (BMI) at 6 months
• Body mass index (BMI) at 8 months
• Body mass index (BMI) at 1 year
• Body mass index (BMI) at 1.5 years
• Body mass index (BMI) at 2 years
• Body mass index (BMI) at 3 years
• Body mass index (BMI) at 5 years
• Body mass index (BMI) at 7 years
• Body mass index (BMI) at 8 years

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for BMI in 9,286 individuals of European ancestry at 12 time points from birth to 8 years of age.