Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.

• Locke AE Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Kahali B Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Berndt SI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Justice AE Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Pers TH Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Day FR MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Powell C Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Vedantam S Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Buchkovich ML Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Yang J Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
• Croteau-Chonka DC Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Esko T Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Fall T Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Ferreira T Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Gustafsson S Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Kutalik Z Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne 1010, Switzerland.
• Luan J MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Mägi R Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Randall JC Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Winkler TW Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
• Wood AR Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.
• Workalemahu T Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Faul JD Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, USA.
• Smith JA Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Zhao JH MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Zhao W Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Chen J Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Fehrmann R Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Hedman ÅK Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Karjalainen J Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Schmidt EM Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Absher D HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA.
• Amin N Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Anderson D Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6008, Australia.
• Beekman M Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Bolton JL Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Bragg-Gresham JL Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Buyske S Department of Statistics & Biostatistics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
• Demirkan A Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Deng G Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Ehret GB Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
• Feenstra B Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen DK-2300, Denmark.
• Feitosa MF Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Fischer K Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Goel A Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Gong J Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
• Jackson AU Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Kanoni S William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
• Kleber ME Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, D-68187 Mannheim, Germany.
• Kristiansson K National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Lim U Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
• Lotay V The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
• Mangino M Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
• Leach IM Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Medina-Gomez C Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Medland SE QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
• Nalls MA Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Palmer CD Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Pasko D Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.
• Pechlivanis S Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
• Peters MJ Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Prokopenko I Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Shungin D Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Center, Skåne University Hosptial, Malmö 205 02, Sweden.
• Stančáková A University of Eastern Finland, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland.
• Strawbridge RJ Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Sung YJ Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Tanaka T Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21225, USA.
• Teumer A Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Trompet S Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
• van der Laan SW Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• van Setten J Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV Department of Endocrinology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Wang Z Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Yengo L CNRS UMR 8199, F-59019 Lille, France.
• Zhang W Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Isaacs A Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Albrecht E Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Ärnlöv J Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Arscott GM PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
• Attwood AP Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK.
• Bandinelli S Geriatric Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Firenze (ASF), 50125 Florence, Italy.
• Barrett A Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
• Bas IN USC-Office of Population Studies Foundation, Inc., University of San Carlos, Cebu City 6000, Philippines.
• Bellis C Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78227, USA.
• Bennett AJ Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
• Berne C Department of Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Blagieva R Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Ulm University Medical Centre, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
• Blüher M Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
• Böhringer S Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Bonnycastle LL Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Böttcher Y Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
• Boyd HA Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen DK-2300, Denmark.
• Bruinenberg M LifeLines Cohort Study, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Caspersen IH Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
• Chen YI Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Torrance, California 90502, USA.
• Clarke R Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK.
• Daw EW Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• de Craen AJM Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
• Delgado G Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, D-68187 Mannheim, Germany.
• Dimitriou M Department of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.
• Doney ASF Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
• Eklund N National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Estrada K Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
• Eury E CNRS UMR 8199, F-59019 Lille, France.
• Folkersen L Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Fraser RM Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Garcia ME Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Geller F Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen DK-2300, Denmark.
• Giedraitis V Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Gigante B Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Go AS Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland, California 94612, USA.
• Golay A Service of Therapeutic Education for Diabetes, Obesity and Chronic Diseases, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva CH-1211, Switzerland.
• Goodall AH Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK.
• Gordon SD QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
• Gorski M Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
• Grabe HJ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, HELIOS-Hospital Stralsund, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Grallert H Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Grammer TB Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, D-68187 Mannheim, Germany.
• Gräßler J Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
• Grönberg H Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Groves CJ Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
• Gusto G Institut inter Régional pour la Santé, Synergies, F-37520 La Riche, France.
• Haessler J Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
• Hall P Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Haller T Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Hallmans G Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå 90187, Sweden.
• Hartman CA Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Hassinen M Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, 70100 Kuopio, Finland.
• Hayward C MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.
• Heard-Costa NL National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702, USA.
• Helmer Q Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Hengstenberg C Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen (DZHK) (German Research Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Munich Heart Alliance, D-80636 Munich, Germany.
• Holmen O Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7489, Norway.
• Hottenga JJ Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• James AL Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
• Jeff JM The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
• Johansson Å Uppsala University, Department of Immunology, Genetics, Pathology, SciLifeLab, Rudbeck Laboratory, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
• Jolley J Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK.
• Juliusdottir T Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Kinnunen L National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Koenig W Department of Internal Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Centre, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
• Koskenvuo M Hjelt Institute Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
• Kratzer W Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Medical Centre, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
• Laitinen J Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, FI-90100 Oulu, Finland.
• Lamina C Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
• Leander K Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Lee NR USC-Office of Population Studies Foundation, Inc., University of San Carlos, Cebu City 6000, Philippines.
• Lichtner P Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Lind L Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Lindström J National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Lo KS Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.
• Lobbens S CNRS UMR 8199, F-59019 Lille, France.
• Lorbeer R Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Lu Y The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
• Mach F Cardiology, Department of Specialties of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.
• Magnusson PKE Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Mahajan A Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• McArdle WL School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
• McLachlan S Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Menni C Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
• Merger S Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Ulm University Medical Centre, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
• Mihailov E Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Milani L Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Moayyeri A Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
• Monda KL Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Morken MA Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Mulas A Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica (IRGB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Cagliari, Sardinia 09042, Italy.
• Müller G Center for Evidence-based Healthcare, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
• Müller-Nurasyid M Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Musk AW Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
• Nagaraja R Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
• Nöthen MM Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
• Nolte IM Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Pilz S Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Rayner NW Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Renstrom F Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Center, Skåne University Hosptial, Malmö 205 02, Sweden.
• Rettig R Institute of Physiology, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17495 Karlsburg, Germany.
• Ried JS Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Ripke S Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
• Robertson NR Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Rose LM Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
• Sanna S Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica (IRGB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Cagliari, Sardinia 09042, Italy.
• Scharnagl H Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria.
• Scholtens S LifeLines Cohort Study, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Schumacher FR Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
• Scott WR Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Seufferlein T Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Medical Centre, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
• Shi J National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Smith AV Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur 201, Iceland.
• Smolonska J Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Stanton AV Molecular & Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
• Steinthorsdottir V deCODE Genetics, Amgen Inc., Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
• Stirrups K Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
• Stringham HM Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Sundström J Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Swertz MA Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Swift AJ Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Syvänen AC Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Tan ST Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Tayo BO Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 61053, USA.
• Thorand B German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Thorleifsson G deCODE Genetics, Amgen Inc., Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
• Tyrer JP Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Uh HW Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Vandenput L Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 413 45, Sweden.
• Verhulst FC Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Vermeulen SH Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• Verweij N Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Vonk JM Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Waite LL HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA.
• Warren HR Department of Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
• Waterworth D Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA.
• Weedon MN Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.
• Wilkens LR Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
• Willenborg C German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg/Lubeck/Kiel, 23562 Lubeck, Germany.
• Wilsgaard T Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
• Wojczynski MK Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Wong A MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London WC1B 5JU, UK.
• Wright AF MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.
• Zhang Q Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Brennan EP Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• Choi M Lady Davis Institute, Departments of Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3T1E2, Canada.
• Dastani Z Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Drong AW Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Eriksson P Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Franco-Cereceda A Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Gådin JR Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA.
• Gharavi AG Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria 3083, Australia.
• Goddard ME Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
• Handsaker RE Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Huang J Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
• Karpe F Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
• Kathiresan S Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Keildson S Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA.
• Kiryluk K Laboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
• Kubo M Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Chungcheongbuk-do, Chungbuk 363-951, Republic of Korea.
• Lee JY Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Liang L Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
• Lifton RP Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Ma B Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
• McCarroll SA Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, County Down BT9 7AB, UK.
• McKnight AJ School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
• Min JL National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW3 6LY, UK.
• Moffatt MF QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
• Montgomery GW National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702, USA.
• Murabito JM Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK.
• Nicholson G QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
• Nyholt DR Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
• Okada Y Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Perry JRB Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 138672 Singapore.
• Dorajoo R Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Reinmaa E Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Salem RM Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Aalto University School of Science, Helsinki FI-00076, Finland.
• Sandholm N MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Scott RA Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Stolk L Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
• Takahashi A Department of Human Genetics and Disease Diversity, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 113-8510 Tokyo, Japan.
• Tanaka T Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• van 't Hooft FM Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
• Vinkhuyzen AAE Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Westra HJ Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center; and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37075, USA.
• Zheng W Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Zondervan KT Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Heath AC Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA.
• Arveiler D National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702, USA.
• Bakker SJL Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano, I 20142, Italy.
• Beilby J Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
• Bergman RN Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Blangero J Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Bovet P Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
• Campbell H Clinic of Cardiology, West-German Heart Centre, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
• Caulfield MJ German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg/Lubeck/Kiel, 23562 Lubeck, Germany.
• Cesana G National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Chakravarti A Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Chasman DI Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Chines PS Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy.
• Collins FS Department of Cardiology, Toulouse University School of Medicine, Rangueil Hospital, 31400 Toulouse, France.
• Crawford DC Robertson Center for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
• Cupples LA MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Cusi D UWI Solutions for Developing Countries, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
• Danesh J Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• de Faire U Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• den Ruijter HM NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL 60201, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• Dominiczak AF Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Erbel R The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
• Erdmann J Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur 201, Iceland.
• Eriksson JG Uppsala University, Department of Immunology, Genetics, Pathology, SciLifeLab, Rudbeck Laboratory, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
• Farrall M Leeds MRC Medical Bioinformatics Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9LU, UK.
• Felix SB Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Ferrannini E Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, University of Exeter, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.
• Ferrières J Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen, Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano 39100, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, D-23562 Lübeck, Germany).
• Ford I Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Forouhi NG Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
• Forrester T Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Franco OH Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Gansevoort RT Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Gejman PV Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK.
• Gieger C Cardiovascular Genetics Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA.
• Gottesman O Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia.
• Gudnason V Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Gyllensten U Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Hall AS Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
• Harris TB Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
• Hattersley AT Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
• Hicks AA National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Hindorff LA Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
• Hingorani AD National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Hofman A National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Homuth G Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Hovingh GK Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland.
• Humphries SE Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• Hunt SC National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Hyppönen E Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Illig T Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
• Jacobs KB Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
• Jarvelin MR Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Jöckel KH Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
• Johansen B Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland.
• Jousilahti P Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, 70100 Kuopio, Finland.
• Jukema JW MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Jula AM Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
• Kaprio J Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories and School of Medicine University of Tampere, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland.
• Kastelein JJP Steno Diabetes Center A/S, Gentofte DK-2820, Denmark.
• Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Kiemeney LA Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
• Knekt P Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
• Kooner JS UWI Solutions for Developing Countries, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
• Kooperberg C Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
• Kovacs P Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Kraja AT Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
• Kumari M Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Kuusisto J Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
• Lakka TA Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Langenberg C Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 413 45, Sweden.
• Marchand LL Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Lehtimäki T MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Lyssenko V Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Männistö S Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Marette A Illumina, Inc, Little Chesterford, Cambridge CB10 1XL, UK.
• Matise TC Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• McKenzie CA University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• McKnight B Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen, Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano 39100, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, D-23562 Lübeck, Germany).
• Moll FL Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Morris AD Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Morris AP Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, FI-20521 Turku, Finland.
• Murray JC Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA.
• Nelis M Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Ohlsson C Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Oldehinkel AJ Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
• Ong KK Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.
• Madden PAF Center for Systems Genomics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
• Pasterkamp G Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Peden JF National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Peters A Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK.
• Postma DS South Carelia Central Hospital, 53130 Lappeenranta, Finland.
• Pramstaller PP Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA.
• Price JF Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen (DZHK) (German Research Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Munich Heart Alliance, D-80636 Munich, Germany.
• Qi L Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
• Raitakari OT International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
• Rankinen T Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
• Rao DC Helsinki University Central Hospital Heart and Lung Center, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland.
• Rice TK Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Ridker PM Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
• Rioux JD Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
• Ritchie MD Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR S 1166, F-75013 Paris, France.
• Rudan I Department of Kinesiology, Laval University, Quebec QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
• Salomaa V Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano & Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan 20133, Italy.
• Samani NJ National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Saramies J Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Laval University, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
• Sarzynski MA Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Schunkert H Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.
• Schwarz PEH Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Sever P Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Shuldiner AR Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Sinisalo J Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Stolk RP Institut Pasteur de Lille; INSERM, U744; Université de Lille 2; F-59000 Lille, France.
• Strauch K Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
• Tönjes A Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
• Trégouët DA Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Tremblay A Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637553 Singapore, Singapore.
• Tremoli E Health Science Center at Houston, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
• Virtamo J Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
• Vohl MC The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
• Völker U Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA.
• Waeber G CNRS UMR 8199, F-59019 Lille, France.
• Willemsen G Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK.
• Witteman JC Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
• Zillikens MC Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 61053, USA.
• Adair LS Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Amouyel P Department of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.
• Asselbergs FW Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21225, USA.
• Assimes TL Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Bochud M Department of Genomics of Common Disease, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK.
• Boehm BO Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
• Boerwinkle E Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
• Bornstein SR Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17176, Sweden.
• Bottinger EP PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
• Bouchard C Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Cauchi S Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7489, Norway.
• Chambers JC Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Belfer 1306, New York 10461, USA.
• Chanock SJ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
• Cooper RS MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London WC1B 5JU, UK.
• de Bakker PIW Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland.
• Dedoussis G Center for Human Genetics, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
• Ferrucci L QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
• Franks PW Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, D-68187 Mannheim, Germany.
• Froguel P Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
• Groop LC Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Haiman CA Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
• Hamsten A Department of Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
• Hui J Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
• Hunter DJ Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Hveem K Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
• Kaplan RC Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
• Kivimaki M Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
• Kuh D Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Laval University, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
• Laakso M Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
• Liu Y Population, Policy, and Practice, University College London Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
• Martin NG Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
• März W Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, 70100 Kuopio, Finland.
• Melbye M Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Metspalu A Finnish Diabetes Association, Kirjoniementie 15, FI-33680 Tampere, Finland.
• Moebus S Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
• Munroe PB BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
• Njølstad I Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10580, USA.
• Oostra BA Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
• Palmer CNA Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
• Pedersen NL Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Perola M Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
• Pérusse L deCODE Genetics, Amgen Inc., Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
• Peters U Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
• Power C National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
• Quertermous T Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Rauramaa R Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
• Rivadeneira F Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Saaristo TE Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK.
• Saleheen D DZHK (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung - German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.
• Sattar N MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Schadt EE Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Schlessinger D Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, USA.
• Slagboom PE Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, D-85764 Munich, Germany.
• Snieder H Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
• Spector TD Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Thorsteinsdottir U Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
• Stumvoll M Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
• Tuomilehto J National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702, USA.
• Uitterlinden AG Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
• Uusitupa M Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
• van der Harst P Division of Population Health Sciences & Education, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
• Walker M deCODE Genetics, Amgen Inc., Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
• Wallaschofski H Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Wareham NJ Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Watkins H Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Weir DR Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.
• Wichmann HE Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
• Wilson JF Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
• Zanen P Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
• Borecki IB Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Deloukas P Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
• Fox CS Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• Heid IM Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
• O'Connell JR Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
• Strachan DP Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
• Stefansson K Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
• van Duijn CM Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
• Abecasis GR Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
• Franke L MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
• Frayling TM Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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