Heel bone mineral density 2018 GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Identification of 613 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and a polygenic risk score for bone mineral density, osteoporosis and fracture.
Kim SK. PLoS One. 2018 Jul 26;13(7):e0200785. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200785. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Mar 13;14(3):e0213962.
PMID: 30048462 

Phenotypes

• Heel quantitative ultrasound estimated bone mineral density (eBMD)

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for Heel quantitative ultrasound estimated bone mineral density (eBMD) in 394,929 individuals of European ancestry.