Abdominal organ traits GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Genetic architecture of 11 organ traits derived from abdominal MRI using deep learning.
Liu Y, et al.
Elife. 2021 Jun 15;10:e65554. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65554.
PMID: 34128465

Phenotypes

  • Kidney volume
  • Liver iron content
  • Liver volume
  • Lung volume
  • Pancreas fat
  • Pancreas iron content
  • Pancreas volume
  • Spleen volume
  • Subcutaneous adipose tissue volume
  • Visceral adipose tissue volume

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for abdominal traits assessed by MRI in 32,860 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry.

Dataset ID
Liu2021_OrganTraits_EU