rs11874191 - RPL12P40 - RN7SKP182

Magnitude 2.2 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

• Genomics of body fat percentage may contribute to sex bias in anorexia nervosa - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 30593698

  ABSTRACT: Anorexia nervosa (AN) occurs nine times more often in females than in males. Although environmental factors likely play a role, the reasons for this imbalanced sex ratio remain unresolved. AN displays high genetic correlations with anthropometric and metabolic traits. Given sex differences in body composition, we investigated the possible metabolic underpinnings of female propensity for AN. We conducted sex‐specific GWAS in a healthy and medication‐free subsample of the UK Biobank (n = 155,961), identifying 77 genome‐wide significant loci associated with body fat percentage (BF%) and 174 with fat‐free mass (FFM). Partitioned heritability analysis showed an enrichment for central nervous tissue‐associated genes for BF%, which was more prominent in females than males.

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