Body fat percentage 2019 GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Genomics of body fat percentage may contribute to sex bias in anorexia nervosa.
Hübel C, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2019 Sep;180(6):428-438. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32709.
PMID: 30593698

Phenotypes

• Body fat percentage
• Total body lean mass

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for body fat percentage and total body lean mass in 155,961 individuals of European ancestry from the UK Biobank cohort.