Stratifying Type 2 Diabetes Cases by BMI Identifies Genetic Risk Variants in LAMA1 and Enrichment for Risk Variants in Lean Compared to Obese Cases

Perry, John R B; Voight, Benjamin F; Yengo, Loïc; Amin, Najaf; Dupuis, Josée; Ganser, Martha; Grallert, Harald; Navarro, Pau; Li, Man; Qi, Lu; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Scott, Robert A; Almgren, Peter; Arking, Dan E; Aulchenko, Yurii; Balkau, Beverley; Benediktsson, Rafn; Bergman, Richard N; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bonnycastle, Lori; Burtt, Noël P; Campbell, Harry; Charpentier, Guillaume; Collins, Francis S; Gieger, Christian; Green, Todd; Hadjadj, Samy; Hattersley, Andrew T; Herder, Christian; Hofman, Albert; Johnson, Andrew D; Kottgen, Anna; Kraft, Peter; Labrune, Yann; Langenberg, Claudia; Manning, Alisa K; Mohlke, Karen L; Morris, Andrew P; Oostra, Ben; Pankow, James; Petersen, Ann-Kristin; Pramstaller, Peter P; Prokopenko, Inga; Rathmann, Wolfgang; Rayner, William; Roden, Michael; Rudan, Igor; Rybin, Denis; Scott, Laura J; Sigurdsson, Gunnar; Sladek, Rob; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Uitterlinden, Andre G; Vivequin, Sidonie; Weedon, Michael N; Wright, Alan F; Magic; Diagram, Consortium; Giant, Consortium; Hu, Frank B; Illig, Thomas; Kao, Linda; Meigs, James B; Wilson, James F; Stefansson, Kari; van Duijn, Cornelia; Altschuler, David; Morris, Andrew D; Boehnke, Michael; McCarthy, Mark I; Froguel, Philippe; Palmer, Colin N A; Wareham, Nicholas J; Groop, Leif; Frayling, Timothy M; Cauchi, Stéphane

Stratifying Type 2 Diabetes Cases by BMI Identifies Genetic Risk Variants in LAMA1 and Enrichment for Risk Variants in Lean Compared to Obese Cases

John R B Perry, Benjamin F Voight, Loïc Yengo, Najaf Amin, Josée Dupuis, Martha Ganser, Harald Grallert, Pau Navarro, Man Li, Lu Qi, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Robert A Scott, Peter Almgren, Dan E Arking, Yurii Aulchenko, Beverley Balkau, Rafn Benediktsson, Richard N Bergman, Eric Boerwinkle, Lori Bonnycastle, Noël P Burtt, Harry Campbell, Guillaume Charpentier, Francis S Collins, Christian Gieger, Todd Green, Samy Hadjadj, Andrew T Hattersley, Christian Herder, Albert Hofman, Andrew D Johnson, Anna Kottgen, Peter Kraft, Yann Labrune, Claudia Langenberg, Alisa K Manning, Karen L Mohlke, Andrew P Morris, Ben Oostra, James Pankow, Ann-Kristin Petersen, Peter P Pramstaller, Inga Prokopenko, Wolfgang Rathmann, William Rayner, Michael Roden, Igor Rudan, Denis Rybin, Laura J Scott, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Rob Sladek, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Andre G Uitterlinden, Sidonie Vivequin, Michael N Weedon, Alan F Wright, Magic, Consortium Diagram, Consortium Giant, Frank B Hu, Thomas Illig, Linda Kao, James B Meigs, James F Wilson, Kari Stefansson, Cornelia van Duijn, David Altschuler, Andrew D Morris, Michael Boehnke, Mark I McCarthy, Philippe Froguel, Colin N A Palmer, Nicholas J Wareham, Leif Groop, Timothy M Frayling and Stéphane Cauchi

PLOS Genetics, 2012, vol. 8, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Common diseases such as type 2 diabetes are phenotypically heterogeneous. Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but patients vary appreciably in body mass index. We hypothesized that the genetic predisposition to the disease may be different in lean (BMI

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