rs111490516 - MTMR3

Magnitude 2.2 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

• Whole genome sequencing analysis of body mass index identifies novel African ancestry-specific risk allele - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 40216759

  ABSTRACT: Obesity is a major public health crisis associated with high mortality rates. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) investigating body mass index (BMI) have largely relied on imputed data from European individuals. This study leveraged whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data from 88,873 participants from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program, of which 51% were of non-European population groups. We discovered 18 BMI-associated signals (P < 5 × 10−9), including two secondary signals. Notably, we identified and replicated a novel low-frequency single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in MTMR3 that was common in individuals of African descent. Using a diverse study population, we further identified two novel secondary signals in known BMI loci and pinpointed

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