GIANT-UK Biobank GWAS Meta-analysis: males


Dataset

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Publications

Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Body Fat Distribution in 694 649 Individuals of European Ancestry.
Pulit SL, et al.
Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Jan 1; 28(1): 166–174. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy327
PMID:30239722

Dataset phenotypes

  • Waist-hip ratio
  • Waist-hip ratio adj BMI
  • BMI

Dataset subjects

Subjects Cohort Ancestry
221,804 UK Biobank European
93,480 GIANT European

Project

Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) consortium Learn more >

GIANT is an international collaboration that seeks to identify genetic loci that modulate human body size and shape, including height and measures of obesity.

Experiment summary

This study is a meta-analysis of body fat distribution associations, measured by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index. This dataset includes results from male subjects only.

Dataset ID
GWAS_UKBiobankGIANT_males_eu