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| Title |
Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index
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| Published in |
Human Molecular Genetics, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1093/hmg/ddv443 |
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| Authors |
Jian Yang, Andrew Bakshi, Zhihong Zhu, Gibran Hemani, Anna A E Vinkhuyzen, Ilja M Nolte, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Harold Snieder, Tonu Esko, Lili Milani, Reedik Mägi, Andres Metspalu, Anders Hamsten, Patrik K E Magnusson, Nancy L Pedersen, Erik Ingelsson, Peter M Visscher |
| Abstract |
Sex-specific genetic effects have been proposed to be an important source of variation for human complex traits. Here we use two distinct genome-wide methods to estimate the autosomal genetic correlation (rg) between men and women for human height and body mass index, using individual-level (n=∼44,000) and summary-level (n=∼133,000) data from genome-wide association studies. Results are consistent and show that the between-sex genetic correlation is not significantly different from unity for both traits. In contrast, we find evidence of genetic heterogeneity between sexes for waist-hip-ratio (rg=∼0.7) and between populations for BMI (rg=∼0.9 between Europe and the USA) but not for height. The lack of evidence for substantial genetic heterogeneity for body size is consistent with empirical findings across traits and species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 30% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 10% |
| Psychology | 7 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2016.
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