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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Genome-wide association study identifies loci influencing concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma</title>
<author><name sortKey="Chambers, John C" sort="Chambers, John C" uniqKey="Chambers J" first="John C" last="Chambers">John C. Chambers</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A2">Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A3">Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK</nlm:aff>
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<author><name sortKey="Zhang, Weihua" sort="Zhang, Weihua" uniqKey="Zhang W" first="Weihua" last="Zhang">Weihua Zhang</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A3">Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sehmi, Joban" sort="Sehmi, Joban" uniqKey="Sehmi J" first="Joban" last="Sehmi">Joban Sehmi</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A3">Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A4">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Li, Xinzhong" sort="Li, Xinzhong" uniqKey="Li X" first="Xinzhong" last="Li">Xinzhong Li</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A5">Institute of Clinical Science, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wass, Mark N" sort="Wass, Mark N" uniqKey="Wass M" first="Mark N" last="Wass">Mark N. Wass</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A6">Structural Bioinformatics Group, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Van Der Harst, Pim" sort="Van Der Harst, Pim" uniqKey="Van Der Harst P" first="Pim" last="Van Der Harst">Pim Van Der Harst</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A7">Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Holm, Hilma" sort="Holm, Hilma" uniqKey="Holm H" first="Hilma" last="Holm">Hilma Holm</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sanna, Serena" sort="Sanna, Serena" uniqKey="Sanna S" first="Serena" last="Sanna">Serena Sanna</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kavousi, Maryam" sort="Kavousi, Maryam" uniqKey="Kavousi M" first="Maryam" last="Kavousi">Maryam Kavousi</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Baumeister, Sebastian E" sort="Baumeister, Sebastian E" uniqKey="Baumeister S" first="Sebastian E" last="Baumeister">Sebastian E. Baumeister</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A12">Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Coin, Lachlan J" sort="Coin, Lachlan J" uniqKey="Coin L" first="Lachlan J" last="Coin">Lachlan J. Coin</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Deng, Guohong" sort="Deng, Guohong" uniqKey="Deng G" first="Guohong" last="Deng">Guohong Deng</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A13">Institute of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Gieger, Christian" sort="Gieger, Christian" uniqKey="Gieger C" first="Christian" last="Gieger">Christian Gieger</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A14">Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Heard Costa, Nancy L" sort="Heard Costa, Nancy L" uniqKey="Heard Costa N" first="Nancy L" last="Heard-Costa">Nancy L. Heard-Costa</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A15">Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hottenga, Jouke Jan" sort="Hottenga, Jouke Jan" uniqKey="Hottenga J" first="Jouke-Jan" last="Hottenga">Jouke-Jan Hottenga</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kuhnel, Brigitte" sort="Kuhnel, Brigitte" uniqKey="Kuhnel B" first="Brigitte" last="Kühnel">Brigitte Kühnel</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A14">Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kumar, Vinod" sort="Kumar, Vinod" uniqKey="Kumar V" first="Vinod" last="Kumar">Vinod Kumar</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A17">Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lagou, Vasiliki" sort="Lagou, Vasiliki" uniqKey="Lagou V" first="Vasiliki" last="Lagou">Vasiliki Lagou</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Liang, Liming" sort="Liang, Liming" uniqKey="Liang L" first="Liming" last="Liang">Liming Liang</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A21">Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A22">Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Luan, Jian N" sort="Luan, Jian N" uniqKey="Luan J" first="Jian N" last="Luan">Jian N Luan</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A23">Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Vidal, Pedro Marques" sort="Vidal, Pedro Marques" uniqKey="Vidal P" first="Pedro Marques" last="Vidal">Pedro Marques Vidal</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A24">Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Leach, Irene Mateo" sort="Leach, Irene Mateo" uniqKey="Leach I" first="Irene Mateo" last="Leach">Irene Mateo Leach</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A7">Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="O Eilly, Paul F" sort="O Eilly, Paul F" uniqKey="O Eilly P" first="Paul F" last="O Eilly">Paul F. O Eilly</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Peden, John F" sort="Peden, John F" uniqKey="Peden J" first="John F" last="Peden">John F. Peden</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A25">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Rahmioglu, Nilufer" sort="Rahmioglu, Nilufer" uniqKey="Rahmioglu N" first="Nilufer" last="Rahmioglu">Nilufer Rahmioglu</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Soininen, Pasi" sort="Soininen, Pasi" uniqKey="Soininen P" first="Pasi" last="Soininen">Pasi Soininen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A27">Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabonomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Speliotes, Elizabeth K" sort="Speliotes, Elizabeth K" uniqKey="Speliotes E" first="Elizabeth K" last="Speliotes">Elizabeth K. Speliotes</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A28">Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A29">Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Yuan, Xin" sort="Yuan, Xin" uniqKey="Yuan X" first="Xin" last="Yuan">Xin Yuan</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A30">Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Thorleifsson, Gudmar" sort="Thorleifsson, Gudmar" uniqKey="Thorleifsson G" first="Gudmar" last="Thorleifsson">Gudmar Thorleifsson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Alizadeh, Behrooz Z" sort="Alizadeh, Behrooz Z" uniqKey="Alizadeh B" first="Behrooz Z" last="Alizadeh">Behrooz Z. Alizadeh</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Atwood, Larry D" sort="Atwood, Larry D" uniqKey="Atwood L" first="Larry D" last="Atwood">Larry D. Atwood</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A31">Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Borecki, Ingrid B" sort="Borecki, Ingrid B" uniqKey="Borecki I" first="Ingrid B" last="Borecki">Ingrid B. Borecki</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A32">Division of Statistical Genomics, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Brown, Morris J" sort="Brown, Morris J" uniqKey="Brown M" first="Morris J" last="Brown">Morris J. Brown</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A33">The Diabetes Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Charoen, Pimphen" sort="Charoen, Pimphen" uniqKey="Charoen P" first="Pimphen" last="Charoen">Pimphen Charoen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A34">Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Cucca, Francesco" sort="Cucca, Francesco" uniqKey="Cucca F" first="Francesco" last="Cucca">Francesco Cucca</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Das, Debashish" sort="Das, Debashish" uniqKey="Das D" first="Debashish" last="Das">Debashish Das</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A3">Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="De Geus, Eco J C" sort="De Geus, Eco J C" uniqKey="De Geus E" first="Eco J C" last="De Geus">Eco J C. De Geus</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A35">Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VUA and VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Dixon, Anna L" sort="Dixon, Anna L" uniqKey="Dixon A" first="Anna L" last="Dixon">Anna L. Dixon</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A36">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Doring, Angela" sort="Doring, Angela" uniqKey="Doring A" first="Angela" last="Döring">Angela Döring</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A37">Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ehret, Georg" sort="Ehret, Georg" uniqKey="Ehret G" first="Georg" last="Ehret">Georg Ehret</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A38">Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A39">IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A40">Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur I" sort="Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur I" uniqKey="Eyjolfsson G" first="Gudmundur I" last="Eyjolfsson">Gudmundur I. Eyjolfsson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A41">The Laboratory in Mjodd, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Farrall, Martin" sort="Farrall, Martin" uniqKey="Farrall M" first="Martin" last="Farrall">Martin Farrall</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A25">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A42">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Forouhi, Nita G" sort="Forouhi, Nita G" uniqKey="Forouhi N" first="Nita G" last="Forouhi">Nita G. Forouhi</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A23">Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Friedrich, Nele" sort="Friedrich, Nele" uniqKey="Friedrich N" first="Nele" last="Friedrich">Nele Friedrich</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A43">Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Goessling, Wolfram" sort="Goessling, Wolfram" uniqKey="Goessling W" first="Wolfram" last="Goessling">Wolfram Goessling</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A44">Genetics and Gastroenterology Divisions, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A45">Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A46">Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Gudbjartsson, Daniel F" sort="Gudbjartsson, Daniel F" uniqKey="Gudbjartsson D" first="Daniel F" last="Gudbjartsson">Daniel F. Gudbjartsson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Harris, Tamara B" sort="Harris, Tamara B" uniqKey="Harris T" first="Tamara B" last="Harris">Tamara B. Harris</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A47">Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hartikainen, Anna Liisa" sort="Hartikainen, Anna Liisa" uniqKey="Hartikainen A" first="Anna-Liisa" last="Hartikainen">Anna-Liisa Hartikainen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A48">Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Heath, Simon" sort="Heath, Simon" uniqKey="Heath S" first="Simon" last="Heath">Simon Heath</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A49">CEA-IG Centre National de Genotypage, Evry Cedex, France</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hirschfield, Gideon M" sort="Hirschfield, Gideon M" uniqKey="Hirschfield G" first="Gideon M" last="Hirschfield">Gideon M. Hirschfield</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A50">Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A51">Liver Center, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A52">Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hofman, Albert" sort="Hofman, Albert" uniqKey="Hofman A" first="Albert" last="Hofman">Albert Hofman</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Homuth, Georg" sort="Homuth, Georg" uniqKey="Homuth G" first="Georg" last="Homuth">Georg Homuth</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A53">Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hypponen, Elina" sort="Hypponen, Elina" uniqKey="Hypponen E" first="Elina" last="Hyppönen">Elina Hyppönen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A54">Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Janssen, Harry L A" sort="Janssen, Harry L A" uniqKey="Janssen H" first="Harry L A" last="Janssen">Harry L A. Janssen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A55">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Johnson, Toby" sort="Johnson, Toby" uniqKey="Johnson T" first="Toby" last="Johnson">Toby Johnson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kangas, Antti J" sort="Kangas, Antti J" uniqKey="Kangas A" first="Antti J" last="Kangas">Antti J. Kangas</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kema, Ido P" sort="Kema, Ido P" uniqKey="Kema I" first="Ido P" last="Kema">Ido P. Kema</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A57">Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kuhn, Jens P" sort="Kuhn, Jens P" uniqKey="Kuhn J" first="Jens P" last="Kühn">Jens P. Kühn</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A58">Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lai, Sandra" sort="Lai, Sandra" uniqKey="Lai S" first="Sandra" last="Lai">Sandra Lai</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lathrop, Mark" sort="Lathrop, Mark" uniqKey="Lathrop M" first="Mark" last="Lathrop">Mark Lathrop</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A49">CEA-IG Centre National de Genotypage, Evry Cedex, France</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A59">Fondation Jean Dausset Ceph, Paris, France</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lerch, Markus M" sort="Lerch, Markus M" uniqKey="Lerch M" first="Markus M" last="Lerch">Markus M. Lerch</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A60">Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Li, Yun" sort="Li, Yun" uniqKey="Li Y" first="Yun" last="Li">Yun Li</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A61">Department of Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Liang, T Jake" sort="Liang, T Jake" uniqKey="Liang T" first="T Jake" last="Liang">T Jake Liang</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A62">Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lin, Jing Ping" sort="Lin, Jing Ping" uniqKey="Lin J" first="Jing-Ping" last="Lin">Jing-Ping Lin</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A63">Office of Biostatistics Research, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Loos, Ruth J F" sort="Loos, Ruth J F" uniqKey="Loos R" first="Ruth J F" last="Loos">Ruth J F. Loos</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A23">Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Martin, Nicholas G" sort="Martin, Nicholas G" uniqKey="Martin N" first="Nicholas G" last="Martin">Nicholas G. Martin</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A64">Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Moffatt, Miriam F" sort="Moffatt, Miriam F" uniqKey="Moffatt M" first="Miriam F" last="Moffatt">Miriam F. Moffatt</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A36">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Montgomery, Grant W" sort="Montgomery, Grant W" uniqKey="Montgomery G" first="Grant W" last="Montgomery">Grant W. Montgomery</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A64">Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Munroe, Patricia B" sort="Munroe, Patricia B" uniqKey="Munroe P" first="Patricia B" last="Munroe">Patricia B. Munroe</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Musunuru, Kiran" sort="Musunuru, Kiran" uniqKey="Musunuru K" first="Kiran" last="Musunuru">Kiran Musunuru</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A31">Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A65">Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A68">Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Nakamura, Yusuke" sort="Nakamura, Yusuke" uniqKey="Nakamura Y" first="Yusuke" last="Nakamura">Yusuke Nakamura</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A17">Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="O Onnell, Christopher J" sort="O Onnell, Christopher J" uniqKey="O Onnell C" first="Christopher J" last="O Onnell">Christopher J. O Onnell</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A69">NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Olafsson, Isleifur" sort="Olafsson, Isleifur" uniqKey="Olafsson I" first="Isleifur" last="Olafsson">Isleifur Olafsson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A70">Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Penninx, Brenda W" sort="Penninx, Brenda W" uniqKey="Penninx B" first="Brenda W" last="Penninx">Brenda W. Penninx</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A71">Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUA Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A72">Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A73">Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Pouta, Anneli" sort="Pouta, Anneli" uniqKey="Pouta A" first="Anneli" last="Pouta">Anneli Pouta</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A48">Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A74">Department of Lifecourse and Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Prins, Bram P" sort="Prins, Bram P" uniqKey="Prins B" first="Bram P" last="Prins">Bram P. Prins</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Prokopenko, Inga" sort="Prokopenko, Inga" uniqKey="Prokopenko I" first="Inga" last="Prokopenko">Inga Prokopenko</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Puls, Ralf" sort="Puls, Ralf" uniqKey="Puls R" first="Ralf" last="Puls">Ralf Puls</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A58">Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ruokonen, Aimo" sort="Ruokonen, Aimo" uniqKey="Ruokonen A" first="Aimo" last="Ruokonen">Aimo Ruokonen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A75">Institute of Diagnostics, Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Savolainen, Markku J" sort="Savolainen, Markku J" uniqKey="Savolainen M" first="Markku J" last="Savolainen">Markku J. Savolainen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A76">Department of Internal Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, Clinical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Schlessinger, David" sort="Schlessinger, David" uniqKey="Schlessinger D" first="David" last="Schlessinger">David Schlessinger</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A77">Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Schouten, Jeoffrey N L" sort="Schouten, Jeoffrey N L" uniqKey="Schouten J" first="Jeoffrey N L" last="Schouten">Jeoffrey N L. Schouten</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A55">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Seedorf, Udo" sort="Seedorf, Udo" uniqKey="Seedorf U" first="Udo" last="Seedorf">Udo Seedorf</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A78">Gesellschaft für Arterioskleroseforschung, Leibniz-Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung an der Universität Münster, Münster, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sen Chowdhry, Srijita" sort="Sen Chowdhry, Srijita" uniqKey="Sen Chowdhry S" first="Srijita" last="Sen-Chowdhry">Srijita Sen-Chowdhry</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Siminovitch, Katherine A" sort="Siminovitch, Katherine A" uniqKey="Siminovitch K" first="Katherine A" last="Siminovitch">Katherine A. Siminovitch</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A50">Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A79">Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A80">Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A81">Mount Sinai Hospital Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A82">Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A71">Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUA Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Spector, Timothy D" sort="Spector, Timothy D" uniqKey="Spector T" first="Timothy D" last="Spector">Timothy D. Spector</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A83">Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Tan, Wenting" sort="Tan, Wenting" uniqKey="Tan W" first="Wenting" last="Tan">Wenting Tan</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A13">Institute of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Teslovich, Tanya M" sort="Teslovich, Tanya M" uniqKey="Teslovich T" first="Tanya M" last="Teslovich">Tanya M. Teslovich</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A84">Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Tukiainen, Taru" sort="Tukiainen, Taru" uniqKey="Tukiainen T" first="Taru" last="Tukiainen">Taru Tukiainen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Uitterlinden, Andre G" sort="Uitterlinden, Andre G" uniqKey="Uitterlinden A" first="Andre G" last="Uitterlinden">Andre G. Uitterlinden</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A85">Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Van Der Klauw, Melanie M" sort="Van Der Klauw, Melanie M" uniqKey="Van Der Klauw M" first="Melanie M" last="Van Der Klauw">Melanie M. Van Der Klauw</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A86">Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A87">LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Vasan, Ramachandran S" sort="Vasan, Ramachandran S" uniqKey="Vasan R" first="Ramachandran S" last="Vasan">Ramachandran S. Vasan</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A88">Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A89">Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wallace, Chris" sort="Wallace, Chris" uniqKey="Wallace C" first="Chris" last="Wallace">Chris Wallace</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A33">The Diabetes Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wallaschofski, Henri" sort="Wallaschofski, Henri" uniqKey="Wallaschofski H" first="Henri" last="Wallaschofski">Henri Wallaschofski</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A43">Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wichmann, H Erich" sort="Wichmann, H Erich" uniqKey="Wichmann H" first="H-Erich" last="Wichmann">H-Erich Wichmann</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A37">Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A90">Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A91">Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Willemsen, Gonneke" sort="Willemsen, Gonneke" uniqKey="Willemsen G" first="Gonneke" last="Willemsen">Gonneke Willemsen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A92">EMGO<sup>+</sup>
Institute, VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wurtz, Peter" sort="Wurtz, Peter" uniqKey="Wurtz P" first="Peter" last="Würtz">Peter Würtz</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Xu, Chun" sort="Xu, Chun" uniqKey="Xu C" first="Chun" last="Xu">Chun Xu</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A93">Samuel Lunenfeld and Toronto General Research Institutes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Yerges Armstrong, Laura M" sort="Yerges Armstrong, Laura M" uniqKey="Yerges Armstrong L" first="Laura M" last="Yerges-Armstrong">Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A94">Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Abecasis, Goncalo R" sort="Abecasis, Goncalo R" uniqKey="Abecasis G" first="Goncalo R" last="Abecasis">Goncalo R. Abecasis</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A84">Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ahmadi, Kourosh R" sort="Ahmadi, Kourosh R" uniqKey="Ahmadi K" first="Kourosh R" last="Ahmadi">Kourosh R. Ahmadi</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A83">Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Boomsma, Dorret I" sort="Boomsma, Dorret I" uniqKey="Boomsma D" first="Dorret I" last="Boomsma">Dorret I. Boomsma</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A92">EMGO<sup>+</sup>
Institute, VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Caulfield, Mark" sort="Caulfield, Mark" uniqKey="Caulfield M" first="Mark" last="Caulfield">Mark Caulfield</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Cookson, William O" sort="Cookson, William O" uniqKey="Cookson W" first="William O" last="Cookson">William O. Cookson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A36">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Van Duijn, Cornelia M" sort="Van Duijn, Cornelia M" uniqKey="Van Duijn C" first="Cornelia M" last="Van Duijn">Cornelia M. Van Duijn</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A95">Center for Medical Systems Biology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Froguel, Philippe" sort="Froguel, Philippe" uniqKey="Froguel P" first="Philippe" last="Froguel">Philippe Froguel</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A96">Genomics of Common Diseases, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Matsuda, Koichi" sort="Matsuda, Koichi" uniqKey="Matsuda K" first="Koichi" last="Matsuda">Koichi Matsuda</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A17">Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mccarthy, Mark I" sort="Mccarthy, Mark I" uniqKey="Mccarthy M" first="Mark I" last="Mccarthy">Mark I. Mccarthy</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A97">Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Meisinger, Christa" sort="Meisinger, Christa" uniqKey="Meisinger C" first="Christa" last="Meisinger">Christa Meisinger</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A98">Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mooser, Vincent" sort="Mooser, Vincent" uniqKey="Mooser V" first="Vincent" last="Mooser">Vincent Mooser</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A30">Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Pietil Inen, Kirsi H" sort="Pietil Inen, Kirsi H" uniqKey="Pietil Inen K" first="Kirsi H" last="Pietil Inen">Kirsi H. Pietil Inen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A99">Obesity Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A100">The Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A101">Hjelt Institute, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Schumann, Gunter" sort="Schumann, Gunter" uniqKey="Schumann G" first="Gunter" last="Schumann">Gunter Schumann</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A102">MRC-Social Genetic Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Snieder, Harold" sort="Snieder, Harold" uniqKey="Snieder H" first="Harold" last="Snieder">Harold Snieder</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sternberg, Michael J E" sort="Sternberg, Michael J E" uniqKey="Sternberg M" first="Michael J E" last="Sternberg">Michael J E. Sternberg</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A6">Structural Bioinformatics Group, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A87">LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Stolk, Ronald P" sort="Stolk, Ronald P" uniqKey="Stolk R" first="Ronald P" last="Stolk">Ronald P. Stolk</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A103">Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Thomas, Howard C" sort="Thomas, Howard C" uniqKey="Thomas H" first="Howard C" last="Thomas">Howard C. Thomas</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A2">Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A104">Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur" sort="Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur" uniqKey="Thorsteinsdottir U" first="Unnur" last="Thorsteinsdottir">Unnur Thorsteinsdottir</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A105">Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Uda, Manuela" sort="Uda, Manuela" uniqKey="Uda M" first="Manuela" last="Uda">Manuela Uda</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Waeber, Gerard" sort="Waeber, Gerard" uniqKey="Waeber G" first="Gérard" last="Waeber">Gérard Waeber</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A106">Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wareham, Nicholas J" sort="Wareham, Nicholas J" uniqKey="Wareham N" first="Nicholas J" last="Wareham">Nicholas J. Wareham</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A23">Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Waterworth, Dawn M" sort="Waterworth, Dawn M" uniqKey="Waterworth D" first="Dawn M" last="Waterworth">Dawn M. Waterworth</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A30">Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Watkins, Hugh" sort="Watkins, Hugh" uniqKey="Watkins H" first="Hugh" last="Watkins">Hugh Watkins</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A25">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A42">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Whitfield, John B" sort="Whitfield, John B" uniqKey="Whitfield J" first="John B" last="Whitfield">John B. Whitfield</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A64">Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Witteman, Jacqueline C M" sort="Witteman, Jacqueline C M" uniqKey="Witteman J" first="Jacqueline C M" last="Witteman">Jacqueline C M. Witteman</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R" sort="Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R" uniqKey="Wolffenbuttel B" first="Bruce H R" last="Wolffenbuttel">Bruce H R. Wolffenbuttel</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A86">Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A87">LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Fox, Caroline S" sort="Fox, Caroline S" uniqKey="Fox C" first="Caroline S" last="Fox">Caroline S. Fox</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A69">NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A107">Division of Endocrinology, Hypertension, and Metabolism, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ala Korpela, Mika" sort="Ala Korpela, Mika" uniqKey="Ala Korpela M" first="Mika" last="Ala-Korpela">Mika Ala-Korpela</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A27">Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabonomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A76">Department of Internal Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, Clinical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Stefansson, Kari" sort="Stefansson, Kari" uniqKey="Stefansson K" first="Kari" last="Stefansson">Kari Stefansson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A14">Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A15">Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A14">Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A21">Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A22">Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A7">Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A25">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A27">Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabonomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A34">Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A35">Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VUA and VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A37">Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A39">IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A25">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A42">Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A43">Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A45">Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A46">Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A52">Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A53">Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A55">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A57">Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Kuhn, Jens P" sort="Kuhn, Jens P" uniqKey="Kuhn J" first="Jens P" last="Kühn">Jens P. Kühn</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A58">Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lai, Sandra" sort="Lai, Sandra" uniqKey="Lai S" first="Sandra" last="Lai">Sandra Lai</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lathrop, Mark" sort="Lathrop, Mark" uniqKey="Lathrop M" first="Mark" last="Lathrop">Mark Lathrop</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A49">CEA-IG Centre National de Genotypage, Evry Cedex, France</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A59">Fondation Jean Dausset Ceph, Paris, France</nlm:aff>
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</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A60">Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Li, Yun" sort="Li, Yun" uniqKey="Li Y" first="Yun" last="Li">Yun Li</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A61">Department of Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Liang, T Jake" sort="Liang, T Jake" uniqKey="Liang T" first="T Jake" last="Liang">T Jake Liang</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A62">Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lin, Jing Ping" sort="Lin, Jing Ping" uniqKey="Lin J" first="Jing-Ping" last="Lin">Jing-Ping Lin</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A63">Office of Biostatistics Research, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Loos, Ruth J F" sort="Loos, Ruth J F" uniqKey="Loos R" first="Ruth J F" last="Loos">Ruth J F. Loos</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A23">Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A64">Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Moffatt, Miriam F" sort="Moffatt, Miriam F" uniqKey="Moffatt M" first="Miriam F" last="Moffatt">Miriam F. Moffatt</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A36">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Montgomery, Grant W" sort="Montgomery, Grant W" uniqKey="Montgomery G" first="Grant W" last="Montgomery">Grant W. Montgomery</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A64">Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Munroe, Patricia B" sort="Munroe, Patricia B" uniqKey="Munroe P" first="Patricia B" last="Munroe">Patricia B. Munroe</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Musunuru, Kiran" sort="Musunuru, Kiran" uniqKey="Musunuru K" first="Kiran" last="Musunuru">Kiran Musunuru</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A31">Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A65">Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A68">Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Nakamura, Yusuke" sort="Nakamura, Yusuke" uniqKey="Nakamura Y" first="Yusuke" last="Nakamura">Yusuke Nakamura</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A17">Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="O Onnell, Christopher J" sort="O Onnell, Christopher J" uniqKey="O Onnell C" first="Christopher J" last="O Onnell">Christopher J. O Onnell</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A69">NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Olafsson, Isleifur" sort="Olafsson, Isleifur" uniqKey="Olafsson I" first="Isleifur" last="Olafsson">Isleifur Olafsson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A70">Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Penninx, Brenda W" sort="Penninx, Brenda W" uniqKey="Penninx B" first="Brenda W" last="Penninx">Brenda W. Penninx</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A71">Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUA Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A72">Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A73">Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Pouta, Anneli" sort="Pouta, Anneli" uniqKey="Pouta A" first="Anneli" last="Pouta">Anneli Pouta</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A48">Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A74">Department of Lifecourse and Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Prins, Bram P" sort="Prins, Bram P" uniqKey="Prins B" first="Bram P" last="Prins">Bram P. Prins</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Prokopenko, Inga" sort="Prokopenko, Inga" uniqKey="Prokopenko I" first="Inga" last="Prokopenko">Inga Prokopenko</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Puls, Ralf" sort="Puls, Ralf" uniqKey="Puls R" first="Ralf" last="Puls">Ralf Puls</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A58">Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ruokonen, Aimo" sort="Ruokonen, Aimo" uniqKey="Ruokonen A" first="Aimo" last="Ruokonen">Aimo Ruokonen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A75">Institute of Diagnostics, Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Savolainen, Markku J" sort="Savolainen, Markku J" uniqKey="Savolainen M" first="Markku J" last="Savolainen">Markku J. Savolainen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A76">Department of Internal Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, Clinical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Schlessinger, David" sort="Schlessinger, David" uniqKey="Schlessinger D" first="David" last="Schlessinger">David Schlessinger</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A77">Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A55">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Seedorf, Udo" sort="Seedorf, Udo" uniqKey="Seedorf U" first="Udo" last="Seedorf">Udo Seedorf</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A78">Gesellschaft für Arterioskleroseforschung, Leibniz-Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung an der Universität Münster, Münster, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sen Chowdhry, Srijita" sort="Sen Chowdhry, Srijita" uniqKey="Sen Chowdhry S" first="Srijita" last="Sen-Chowdhry">Srijita Sen-Chowdhry</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A50">Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A79">Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A80">Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A81">Mount Sinai Hospital Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A82">Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A71">Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUA Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Spector, Timothy D" sort="Spector, Timothy D" uniqKey="Spector T" first="Timothy D" last="Spector">Timothy D. Spector</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A83">Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Tan, Wenting" sort="Tan, Wenting" uniqKey="Tan W" first="Wenting" last="Tan">Wenting Tan</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A13">Institute of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A84">Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Uitterlinden, Andre G" sort="Uitterlinden, Andre G" uniqKey="Uitterlinden A" first="Andre G" last="Uitterlinden">Andre G. Uitterlinden</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A85">Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Van Der Klauw, Melanie M" sort="Van Der Klauw, Melanie M" uniqKey="Van Der Klauw M" first="Melanie M" last="Van Der Klauw">Melanie M. Van Der Klauw</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A86">Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A87">LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A88">Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A89">Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A33">The Diabetes Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wallaschofski, Henri" sort="Wallaschofski, Henri" uniqKey="Wallaschofski H" first="Henri" last="Wallaschofski">Henri Wallaschofski</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A43">Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wichmann, H Erich" sort="Wichmann, H Erich" uniqKey="Wichmann H" first="H-Erich" last="Wichmann">H-Erich Wichmann</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A37">Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A90">Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A91">Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Willemsen, Gonneke" sort="Willemsen, Gonneke" uniqKey="Willemsen G" first="Gonneke" last="Willemsen">Gonneke Willemsen</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A92">EMGO<sup>+</sup>
Institute, VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Wurtz, Peter" sort="Wurtz, Peter" uniqKey="Wurtz P" first="Peter" last="Würtz">Peter Würtz</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A1">Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A26">Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Xu, Chun" sort="Xu, Chun" uniqKey="Xu C" first="Chun" last="Xu">Chun Xu</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A93">Samuel Lunenfeld and Toronto General Research Institutes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</nlm:aff>
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<author><name sortKey="Yerges Armstrong, Laura M" sort="Yerges Armstrong, Laura M" uniqKey="Yerges Armstrong L" first="Laura M" last="Yerges-Armstrong">Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A94">Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Abecasis, Goncalo R" sort="Abecasis, Goncalo R" uniqKey="Abecasis G" first="Goncalo R" last="Abecasis">Goncalo R. Abecasis</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A84">Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ahmadi, Kourosh R" sort="Ahmadi, Kourosh R" uniqKey="Ahmadi K" first="Kourosh R" last="Ahmadi">Kourosh R. Ahmadi</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A83">Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Boomsma, Dorret I" sort="Boomsma, Dorret I" uniqKey="Boomsma D" first="Dorret I" last="Boomsma">Dorret I. Boomsma</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A16">Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A92">EMGO<sup>+</sup>
Institute, VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Caulfield, Mark" sort="Caulfield, Mark" uniqKey="Caulfield M" first="Mark" last="Caulfield">Mark Caulfield</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A56">Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Cookson, William O" sort="Cookson, William O" uniqKey="Cookson W" first="William O" last="Cookson">William O. Cookson</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A36">National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Van Duijn, Cornelia M" sort="Van Duijn, Cornelia M" uniqKey="Van Duijn C" first="Cornelia M" last="Van Duijn">Cornelia M. Van Duijn</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A10">Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A11">Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A95">Center for Medical Systems Biology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Froguel, Philippe" sort="Froguel, Philippe" uniqKey="Froguel P" first="Philippe" last="Froguel">Philippe Froguel</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A96">Genomics of Common Diseases, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Matsuda, Koichi" sort="Matsuda, Koichi" uniqKey="Matsuda K" first="Koichi" last="Matsuda">Koichi Matsuda</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A17">Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mccarthy, Mark I" sort="Mccarthy, Mark I" uniqKey="Mccarthy M" first="Mark I" last="Mccarthy">Mark I. Mccarthy</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A19">Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A20">Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A97">Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Meisinger, Christa" sort="Meisinger, Christa" uniqKey="Meisinger C" first="Christa" last="Meisinger">Christa Meisinger</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A98">Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mooser, Vincent" sort="Mooser, Vincent" uniqKey="Mooser V" first="Vincent" last="Mooser">Vincent Mooser</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A30">Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A99">Obesity Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A100">The Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A101">Hjelt Institute, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Schumann, Gunter" sort="Schumann, Gunter" uniqKey="Schumann G" first="Gunter" last="Schumann">Gunter Schumann</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A102">MRC-Social Genetic Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Snieder, Harold" sort="Snieder, Harold" uniqKey="Snieder H" first="Harold" last="Snieder">Harold Snieder</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A18">Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Sternberg, Michael J E" sort="Sternberg, Michael J E" uniqKey="Sternberg M" first="Michael J E" last="Sternberg">Michael J E. Sternberg</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A6">Structural Bioinformatics Group, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A87">LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Stolk, Ronald P" sort="Stolk, Ronald P" uniqKey="Stolk R" first="Ronald P" last="Stolk">Ronald P. Stolk</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A103">Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Thomas, Howard C" sort="Thomas, Howard C" uniqKey="Thomas H" first="Howard C" last="Thomas">Howard C. Thomas</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A2">Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A104">Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur" sort="Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur" uniqKey="Thorsteinsdottir U" first="Unnur" last="Thorsteinsdottir">Unnur Thorsteinsdottir</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A8">deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A105">Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Uda, Manuela" sort="Uda, Manuela" uniqKey="Uda M" first="Manuela" last="Uda">Manuela Uda</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="A9">Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
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<series><title level="j">Nature genetics</title>
<idno type="ISSN">1061-4036</idno>
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<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p id="P1">Concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma are widely used as indicators of liver disease. We carried out a genome-wide association study in 61,089 individuals, identifying 42 loci associated with concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma, of which 32 are new associations (<italic>P</italic>
= 10<sup>−8</sup>
to <italic>P</italic>
= 10<sup>−190</sup>
). We used functional genomic approaches including metabonomic profiling and gene expression analyses to identify probable candidate genes at these regions. We identified 69 candidate genes, including genes involved in biliary transport (<italic>ATP8B1</italic>
and <italic>ABCB11</italic>
), glucose, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism (<italic>FADS1</italic>
, <italic>FADS2</italic>
, <italic>GCKR</italic>
, JMJD1C, HNF1A, MLXIPL, PNPLA3, PPP1R3B, SLC2A2 and <italic>TRIB1</italic>
), glycoprotein biosynthesis and cell surface glycobiology (<italic>ABO</italic>
, <italic>ASGR1</italic>
, <italic>FUT2</italic>
, <italic>GPLD1</italic>
and <italic>ST3GAL4</italic>
), inflammation and immunity (<italic>CD276</italic>
, <italic>CDH6</italic>
, <italic>GCKR</italic>
, <italic>HNF1A</italic>
, <italic>HPR</italic>
, <italic>ITGA1</italic>
, <italic>RORA</italic>
and <italic>STAT4</italic>
) and glutathione metabolism (<italic>GSTT1</italic>
, <italic>GSTT2</italic>
and <italic>GGT</italic>
), as well as several genes of uncertain or unknown function (including <italic>ABHD12</italic>
, <italic>EFHD1</italic>
, <italic>EFNA1</italic>
, <italic>EPHA2</italic>
, <italic>MICAL3</italic>
and <italic>ZNF827</italic>
). Our results provide new insight into genetic mechanisms and pathways influencing markers of liver function.</p>
</div>
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK</aff>
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Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A3"><label>3</label>
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK</aff>
<aff id="A4"><label>4</label>
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A5"><label>5</label>
Institute of Clinical Science, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A6"><label>6</label>
Structural Bioinformatics Group, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK</aff>
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Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
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deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland</aff>
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Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy</aff>
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Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
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Netherlands Genomics Initiative-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Health Aging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
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Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</aff>
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Institute of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China</aff>
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Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</aff>
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Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts, USA</aff>
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Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam (VUA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
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Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</aff>
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Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
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Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</aff>
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Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</aff>
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
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Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
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Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK</aff>
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Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</aff>
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK</aff>
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Computational Medicine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabonomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland</aff>
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</aff>
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Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</aff>
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Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA</aff>
<aff id="A31"><label>31</label>
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
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Division of Statistical Genomics, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA</aff>
<aff id="A33"><label>33</label>
The Diabetes Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK</aff>
<aff id="A34"><label>34</label>
Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand</aff>
<aff id="A35"><label>35</label>
Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VUA and VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A36"><label>36</label>
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A37"><label>37</label>
Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A38"><label>38</label>
Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A39"><label>39</label>
IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</aff>
<aff id="A40"><label>40</label>
Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland</aff>
<aff id="A41"><label>41</label>
The Laboratory in Mjodd, Reykjavik, Iceland</aff>
<aff id="A42"><label>42</label>
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK</aff>
<aff id="A43"><label>43</label>
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A44"><label>44</label>
Genetics and Gastroenterology Divisions, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A45"><label>45</label>
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A46"><label>46</label>
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A47"><label>47</label>
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A48"><label>48</label>
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A49"><label>49</label>
CEA-IG Centre National de Genotypage, Evry Cedex, France</aff>
<aff id="A50"><label>50</label>
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A51"><label>51</label>
Liver Center, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A52"><label>52</label>
Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK</aff>
<aff id="A53"><label>53</label>
Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A54"><label>54</label>
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A55"><label>55</label>
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A56"><label>56</label>
Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Center, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A57"><label>57</label>
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A58"><label>58</label>
Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A59"><label>59</label>
Fondation Jean Dausset Ceph, Paris, France</aff>
<aff id="A60"><label>60</label>
Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A61"><label>61</label>
Department of Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA</aff>
<aff id="A62"><label>62</label>
Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A63"><label>63</label>
Office of Biostatistics Research, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A64"><label>64</label>
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</aff>
<aff id="A65"><label>65</label>
Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A66"><label>66</label>
Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A67"><label>67</label>
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A68"><label>68</label>
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A69"><label>69</label>
NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A70"><label>70</label>
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland</aff>
<aff id="A71"><label>71</label>
Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUA Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A72"><label>72</label>
Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A73"><label>73</label>
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A74"><label>74</label>
Department of Lifecourse and Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A75"><label>75</label>
Institute of Diagnostics, Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A76"><label>76</label>
Department of Internal Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, Clinical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A77"><label>77</label>
Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A78"><label>78</label>
Gesellschaft für Arterioskleroseforschung, Leibniz-Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung an der Universität Münster, Münster, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A79"><label>79</label>
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A80"><label>80</label>
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A81"><label>81</label>
Mount Sinai Hospital Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A82"><label>82</label>
Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A83"><label>83</label>
Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A84"><label>84</label>
Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA</aff>
<aff id="A85"><label>85</label>
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A86"><label>86</label>
Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A87"><label>87</label>
LifeLines Cohort Study and Biobank, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A88"><label>88</label>
Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A89"><label>89</label>
Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A90"><label>90</label>
Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A91"><label>91</label>
Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A92"><label>92</label>
EMGO<sup>+</sup>
Institute, VUA Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A93"><label>93</label>
Samuel Lunenfeld and Toronto General Research Institutes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</aff>
<aff id="A94"><label>94</label>
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</aff>
<aff id="A95"><label>96</label>
Center for Medical Systems Biology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A96"><label>97</label>
Genomics of Common Diseases, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A97"><label>98</label>
Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK</aff>
<aff id="A98"><label>99</label>
Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</aff>
<aff id="A99"><label>100</label>
Obesity Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A100"><label>101</label>
The Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM, Helsinki, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A101"><label>102</label>
Hjelt Institute, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A102"><label>103</label>
MRC-Social Genetic Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A103"><label>104</label>
Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands</aff>
<aff id="A104"><label>105</label>
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK</aff>
<aff id="A105"><label>106</label>
Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</aff>
<aff id="A106"><label>107</label>
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland</aff>
<aff id="A107"><label>108</label>
Division of Endocrinology, Hypertension, and Metabolism, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA</aff>
<aff id="A108"><label>109</label>
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA</aff>
<aff id="A109"><label>110</label>
Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A110"><label>111</label>
Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland</aff>
<aff id="A111"><label>112</label>
MRC–Health Protection Agency (HPA) Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK</aff>
<author-notes><corresp id="FN1">Correspondence should be addressed to J.C.C. (<email>john.chambers@ic.ac.uk</email>
), P.E. (<email>p.elliott@ic.ac.uk</email>
) or J.S.K. (<email>j.kooner@ic.ac.uk</email>
)</corresp>
<fn id="FN2"><label>95</label>
<p>A full list of members is given in <xref rid="SD1" ref-type="supplementary-material">Supplementary Note</xref>
.</p>
</fn>
<fn id="FN3" fn-type="equal"><label>113</label>
<p>These authors contributed equally to this work.</p>
</fn>
</author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="nihms-submitted"><day>4</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>16</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2011</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>27</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<issue>11</issue>
<fpage>1131</fpage>
<lpage>1138</lpage>
<permissions><copyright-statement>© 2011 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
</permissions>
<abstract><p id="P1">Concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma are widely used as indicators of liver disease. We carried out a genome-wide association study in 61,089 individuals, identifying 42 loci associated with concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma, of which 32 are new associations (<italic>P</italic>
= 10<sup>−8</sup>
to <italic>P</italic>
= 10<sup>−190</sup>
). We used functional genomic approaches including metabonomic profiling and gene expression analyses to identify probable candidate genes at these regions. We identified 69 candidate genes, including genes involved in biliary transport (<italic>ATP8B1</italic>
and <italic>ABCB11</italic>
), glucose, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism (<italic>FADS1</italic>
, <italic>FADS2</italic>
, <italic>GCKR</italic>
, JMJD1C, HNF1A, MLXIPL, PNPLA3, PPP1R3B, SLC2A2 and <italic>TRIB1</italic>
), glycoprotein biosynthesis and cell surface glycobiology (<italic>ABO</italic>
, <italic>ASGR1</italic>
, <italic>FUT2</italic>
, <italic>GPLD1</italic>
and <italic>ST3GAL4</italic>
), inflammation and immunity (<italic>CD276</italic>
, <italic>CDH6</italic>
, <italic>GCKR</italic>
, <italic>HNF1A</italic>
, <italic>HPR</italic>
, <italic>ITGA1</italic>
, <italic>RORA</italic>
and <italic>STAT4</italic>
) and glutathione metabolism (<italic>GSTT1</italic>
, <italic>GSTT2</italic>
and <italic>GGT</italic>
), as well as several genes of uncertain or unknown function (including <italic>ABHD12</italic>
, <italic>EFHD1</italic>
, <italic>EFNA1</italic>
, <italic>EPHA2</italic>
, <italic>MICAL3</italic>
and <italic>ZNF827</italic>
). Our results provide new insight into genetic mechanisms and pathways influencing markers of liver function.</p>
</abstract>
<funding-group><award-group><funding-source country="United States">National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases : NIDDK</funding-source>
<award-id>ZIA DK075013-05 || DK</award-id>
</award-group>
<award-group><funding-source country="United States">National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases : NIDDK</funding-source>
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</award-group>
</funding-group>
</article-meta>
</front>
</pmc>
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