Expressive

rs12169424 - MICALL1

Magnitude 2.2 · 2 studies on file

Reported associations

  • Identification of five genetic variants with differential effects on obesity-related traits based on age - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 36276968

    ABSTRACT: Obesity is a major public health concern, and its prevalence generally increases with age. As the number of elderly people is increasing in the aging population, the age-dependent increase in obesity has raised interest in the underlying mechanism. To understand the genetic basis of age-related increase in obesity, we identified genetic variants showing age-dependent differential effects on obesity. We conducted stratified analyses between young and old groups using genome-wide association studies of 355,335 United Kingom Biobank participants for five obesity-related phenotypes, including body mass index, body fat percentage, waist-hip ratio, waist circumference, and hip circumference. Using t-statistic, we identified five significant lead single nucleotide polymorphisms: rs22584

  • Larger cerebral cortex is genetically correlated with greater frontal area and dorsal thickness - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 36893272

    ABSTRACT: Significance Adjusting vs. retaining global measures in analysis of brain MRI data has been a long-standing question and can have important implications for genomic studies of the cortex. Adjusting for global measures ensures that results for regions of interest are not confounded by overall larger brain size. However, adjusting for globals may throw away important signal when total and regional measures are correlated. We show that retaining vs. adjusting for global brain measures in genomic studies impacts gene discovery, particularly for fronto-parietal cortex. Understanding the genetic factors that contribute to expanded association areas in the human brain, such as the prefrontal cortex, can help provide mechanistic insight into higher human cognition and its unique developm

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