Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-…

Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–50%
of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and …

… Jessica D Faul , Jessica D Faul … Amanda Sonnega, Jessica D Faul, Mary Beth Ofstedal,
Kenneth M Langa, John WR Phillips, David R Weir, Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement …

Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but
genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals 1. …

Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely
because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype …

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a
discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three …

Importance The aging of the US population is expected to lead to a large increase in the
number of adults with dementia, but some recent studies in the United States and other high-…

Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide
deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury 1 , 2 , 3 – …

Increased blood lipid levels are heritable risk factors of cardiovascular disease with varied
prevalence worldwide owing to different dietary patterns and medication use 1 . Despite …