Generalization and fine mapping of European ancestry-based central adiposity variants in African ancestry populations Journal Article

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Authors: Yoneyama, S.; Yao, J; Guo, X; Fernandez-Rhodes, L.; Lim, U; Boston, J.; Buzkova, P.; Carlson, C. S.; Cheng, I.; Cochran, B.; Cooper, R; Ehret, G; Fornage, M; Gong, J; Gross, M.; Gu, C. C.; Haessler, J.; Haiman, C. A.; Henderson, B.; Hindorff, L. A.; Houston, D.; Irvin, M. R.; Jackson, R.; Kuller, L; Leppert, M.; Lewis, C. E.; Li, R; Le Marchand, L; Matise, T. C.; Nguyen, K. D.; Chakravarti, A; Pankow, J. S.; Pankratz, N.; Pooler, L.; Ritchie, M. D.; Bien, S. A.; Wassel, C. L.; Chen, Y. D.; Taylor, K. D.; Allison, M.; Rotter, J. I.; Schreiner, P. J.; Schumacher, F.; Wilkens, L.; Boerwinkle, E; Kooperberg, C; Peters, U; Buyske, S; Graff, M; North, K. E.
Article Title: Generalization and fine mapping of European ancestry-based central adiposity variants in African ancestry populations
Abstract: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Central adiposity measures such as waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are associated with cardiometabolic disorders independently of body mass index (BMI) and are gaining clinically utility. Several studies report genetic variants associated with central adiposity, but most utilize only European ancestry populations. Understanding whether the genetic associations discovered among mainly European descendants are shared with African ancestry populations will help elucidate the biological underpinnings of abdominal fat deposition. SUBJECTS/METHODS: To identify the underlying functional genetic determinants of body fat distribution, we conducted an array-wide association meta-analysis among persons of African ancestry across seven studies/consortia participating in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) consortium. We used the Metabochip array, designed for fine-mapping cardiovascular-associated loci, to explore novel array-wide associations with WC and WHR among 15 945 African descendants using all and sex-stratified groups. We further interrogated 17 known WHR regions for African ancestry-specific variants. RESULTS: Of the 17 WHR loci, eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in four loci were replicated in the sex-combined or sex-stratified meta-analyses. Two of these eight independently associated with WHR after conditioning on the known variant in European descendants (rs12096179 in TBX15-WARS2 and rs2059092 in ADAMTS9). In the fine-mapping assessment, the putative functional region was reduced across all four loci but to varying degrees (average 40% drop in number of putative SNPs and 20% drop in genomic region). Similar to previous studies, the significant SNPs in the female-stratified analysis were stronger than the significant SNPs from the sex-combined analysis. No novel associations were detected in the array-wide analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Of 17 previously identified loci, four loci replicated in the African ancestry populations of this study. Utilizing different linkage disequilibrium patterns observed between European and African ancestries, we narrowed the suggestive region containing causative variants for all four loci.
Journal Title: International journal of obesity (2005)
Volume: 41
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1476-5497; 0307-0565
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: England
Date Published: 2017
Start Page: 324
End Page: 331
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.1038/ijo.2016.207
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