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Nature 541 (7635) 81-86 [2017-01-05; online 2016-12-21]
Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or affected by obesity, and are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related metabolic and inflammatory disturbances. Although the mechanisms linking adiposity to associated clinical conditions are poorly understood, recent studies suggest that adiposity may influence DNA methylation, a key regulator of gene expression and molecular phenotype. Here we use epigenome-wide association to show that body mass index (BMI; a key measure of adiposity) is associated with widespread changes in DNA methylation (187 genetic loci with P < 1 × 10
PubMed 28002404
DOI 10.1038/nature20784
Crossref 10.1038/nature20784
pii: nature20784
pmc: PMC5570525
mid: EMS70428