NRXN3 Is a Novel Locus for Waist Circumference: A Genome-Wide Association Study from the CHARGE Consortium

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Heard-Costa, Nancy L.
Zillikens, M. Carola
Monda, Keri L.
Harris, Tamara B.
Fu, Mao
Haritunians, Talin
Feitosa, Mary F.
Aspelund, Thor
Eiriksdottir, Gudny
Garcia, Melissa
Launer, Lenore J.
Smith, Albert V.
Mitchell, Braxton D.
McArdle, Patrick F.
Shuldiner, Alan R.
Bielinski, Suzette J.
Boerwinkle, Eric
Brancati, Fred
Demerath, Ellen W.
Pankow, James S.
Arnold, Alice M.
Chen, Yii-Der Ida
Glazer, Nicole L.
McKnight, Barbara
Psaty, Bruce M.
Rotter, Jerome I.
Amin, Najaf
Campbell, Harry
Gyllensten, Ulf
Pattaro, Cristian
Pramstaller, Peter P.
Rudan, Igor
Struchalin, Maksim
Vitart, Veronique
Gao, Xiaoyi
Kraja, Aldi
Province, Michael A.
Zhang, Qunyuan
Atwood, Larry D.
Dupuis, Josée
Jaquish, Cashell E.
Vasan, Ramachandran S.
White, Charles C.
Aulchenko, Yurii S.
Estrada, Karol
Rivadeneira, Fernando
Uitterlinden, André G.
Witteman, Jacqueline C. M.
Oostra, Ben A.
Gudnason, Vilmundur
O'Connell, Jeffrey R.
Borecki, Ingrid B.
van Duijn, Cornelia M.
Cupples, L. Adrienne
North, Kari E.
Hofman, Albert
Kaplan, Robert C.
Johansson, Asa
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Heard-Costa, Nancy L., M. Carola Zillikens, Keri L. Monda, Asa Johansson, Tamara B. Harris, Mao Fu, Talin Haritunians, et. al. 2009. NRXN3 Is a Novel Locus for Waist Circumference: A Genome-Wide Association Study from the CHARGE Consortium. PLoS Genetics 5(6): e1000539.Abstract
Central abdominal fat is a strong risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. To identify common variants influencing central abdominal fat, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association analysis for waist circumference (WC). In total, three loci reached genome-wide significance. In stage 1, 31,373 individuals of Caucasian descent from eight cohort studies confirmed the role of FTO and MC4R and identified one novel locus associated with WC in the neurexin 3 gene [NRXN3 (rs10146997, p = 6.4×10^−7)]. The association with NRXN3 was confirmed in stage 2 by combining stage 1 results with those from 38,641 participants in the GIANT consortium (p = 0.009 in GIANT only, p = 5.3×10^−8 for combined analysis, n = 70,014). Mean WC increase per copy of the G allele was 0.0498 z-score units (0.65 cm). This SNP was also associated with body mass index (BMI) [p = 7.4×10^−6, 0.024 z-score units (0.10 kg/m2) per copy of the G allele] and the risk of obesity (odds ratio 1.13, 95% CI 1.07–1.19; p = 3.2×10^−5 per copy of the G allele). The NRXN3 gene has been previously implicated in addiction and reward behavior, lending further evidence that common forms of obesity may be a central nervous system-mediated disorder. Our findings establish that common variants in NRXN3 are associated with WC, BMI, and obesity.Other Sources
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