Table 1. Details of selected traits and associated GWAS.
Trait | Consortium | Ancestry | Participants | Selected and eQTL SNPs | Unit | PMID |
BMI | GIANT | European | 806834 | 426/243 | SD (4.8 kg/m2) | 30239722 |
Height | GIANT | European | 4080687 | 902/618 | SD (9.3 cm) | 36224396 |
WHR | GIANT | European | 694649 | 275/194 | SD (0.09) | 30239722 |
EA | SSGAC | European | 765283 | 303/156 | SD (4.2y) | 35361970 |
Fat mass | UKB | European | 454137 | 511/362 | SD (9.5 kg) | NA |
Fat-free mass | UKB | European | 454850 | SD (11.5 kg) | NA | |
MSE | UKB | European | 95619 | NA | 1 diopter | 29808027 |
BMI: Body mass index; WHR: Waits-hip ratio; EA: Educational attainment; Fat mass: Whole body fat mass; Fat-free mass: Whole body fat-free mass; MSE: Mean spherical equivalent; GWAS: Genome-Wide Association Studies; GIANT: Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits; SSGAC: Social Science Genetic Association Consortium; UKB: UK Biobank; SD: Standard deviation.