Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

• Main Authors: Wahl, Simone, Drong, Alexander, Lehne, Benjamin, Loh, Marie, Scott, William R., Kunze, Sonja, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Ried, Janina S., Zhang, Weihua, Yang, Youwen, Tan, Sili, Fiorito, Giovanni, Franke, Lude, Guarrera, Simonetta, Kasela, Silva, Kriebel, Jennifer, Richmond, Rebecca C., Adamo, Marco, Afzal, Uzma, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Albetti, Benedetta, Ammerpohl, Ole, Apperley, Jane F., Beekman, Marian, Bertazzi, Pier Alberto, Black, S. Lucas, Blancher, Christine, Bonder, Marc-Jan, Brosch, Mario, Carstensen-Kirberg, Maren, de Craen, Anton J. M., de Lusignan, Simon, Dehghan, Abbas, Elkalaawy, Mohamed, Fischer, Krista, Franco, Oscar H., Gaunt, Tom R., Hampe, Jochen, Hashemi, Majid, Isaacs, Aaron, Jenkinson, Andrew, Jha, Sujeet, Kato, Norihiro, Krogh, Vittorio, Laffan, Michael, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Mok, Zuan Yu, Motta, Valeria, Ng, Hong Kiat, Nikolakopoulou, Zacharoula, Nteliopoulos, Georgios, Panico, Salvatore, Pervjakova, Natalia, Prokisch, Holger, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Roden, Michael, Rota, Federica, Rozario, Michelle Ann, Sandling, Johanna K., Schafmayer, Clemens, Schramm, Katharina, Siebert, Reiner, Slagboom, P. Eline, Soininen, Pasi, Stolk, Lisette, Strauch, Konstantin, Tai, E-Shyong, Tarantini, Letizia, Thorand, Barbara, Tigchelaar, Ettje F., Tumino, Rosario, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van Duijn, Cornelia, Wickremasinghe, Ananda Rajitha, Wijmenga, Cisca, van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Vineis, Paolo, Yang, Tsun-Po, Yuan, Wei, Zhernakova, Alexandra, Batterham, Rachel L., Smith, George Davey, Deloukas, Panos, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Herder, Christian, Hofman, Albert, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Milani, Lili, van der Harst, Pim, Peters, Annette, Illig, Thomas, Relton, Caroline L., Waldenberger, Melanie, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Bollati, Valentina, Soong, Richie, Spector, Tim D., Scott, James, McCarthy, Mark I., Elliott, Paul, Bell, Jordana T., Matullo, Giuseppe, Gieger, Christian, Kooner, Jaspal S., Grallert, Harald, Chambers, John Campbell
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Epigenomics; Obesity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83865; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42922
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or affected by obesity, and are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related metabolic and inflammatory disturbances. Although the mechanisms linking adiposity to associated clinical conditions are poorly understo...