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Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of BMI in nine cohorts: Examining the utility of epigenetically predicted BMI.
Document Type
article
Source
American Journal of Human Genetics. 110(2)
Subject
BMI
DNA methylation
adiposity
epigenome-wide association study
epigenomics
metabolic disease
obesity
prediction
Humans
Female
Body Mass Index
Epigenome
Epigenesis
Genetic
Obesity
Cholesterol
HDL
Genome-Wide Association Study
DNA Methylation
Epigenomics
Triglycerides
CpG Islands
Language
Abstract
This study sought to examine the association between DNA methylation and body mass index (BMI) and the potential of BMI-associated cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites to provide information about metabolic health. We pooled summary statistics from six trans-ethnic epigenome-wide association studies (EWASs) of BMI representing nine cohorts (n = 17,034), replicated these findings in the Womens Health Initiative (WHI, n = 4,822), and developed an epigenetic prediction score of BMI. In the pooled EWASs, 1,265 CpG sites were associated with BMI (p