11 October 2010 – In two of the largest metastudies of their kind to date, scientists from the GIANT consortium, including deCODE as well as hundreds of academic institutions on three continents, report the discovery of eighteen new regions of the human genome contributing to obesity and thirteen new regions influencing waist-hip ratio (WHR). The studies bring together data on body mass index (BMI, a measure of obesity), WHR (a measure of body fat distribution), and detailed genotypic information, from more than a quarter of a million participants from Europe, North America and Australia. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborations such as GIANT for powering studies large enough to detect lower-impact genetic factors for common traits and diseases... deCODE's Press Release -
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
deCODE : Not only Size Matters: Genetic Megastudies Draw out Distinctions between Obesity and Waist-Hip Ratio
11 October 2010 – In two of the largest metastudies of their kind to date, scientists from the GIANT consortium, including deCODE as well as hundreds of academic institutions on three continents, report the discovery of eighteen new regions of the human genome contributing to obesity and thirteen new regions influencing waist-hip ratio (WHR). The studies bring together data on body mass index (BMI, a measure of obesity), WHR (a measure of body fat distribution), and detailed genotypic information, from more than a quarter of a million participants from Europe, North America and Australia. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborations such as GIANT for powering studies large enough to detect lower-impact genetic factors for common traits and diseases... deCODE's Press Release -
