Childhood body mass index (BMI) 2020 GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits.
Vogelezang S, et al.
PLoS Genet. 2020 Oct 12;16(10):e1008718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008718. eCollection 2020 Oct.
PMID: 33045005

Phenotypes

• Body mass index (BMI)

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for body mass index in 39,620 children of European ancestry, aged between 2 and 10 years.