DNA methylation and obesity traits: An epigenome-wide association study. The REGICOR study.

ABSTRACT: Obesity is associated with increased risk of several diseases and has become epidemic. Obesity is highly heritable but the genetic variants identified by genome-wide association studies explain only limited variability. Epigenetics could contribute to explain the missing variability. The study aim was to discover differential methylation patterns related to obesity. We designed an epigenome-wide association study with a discovery phase in a subsample of 641 REGICOR study participants, validated by analysis of 2,515 participants in the Framingham Offspring Study. Blood DNA methylation was assessed using Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip. Next, we meta-analyzed the data using the fixed effects method and performed a functional and pathway analysis using the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis sof

SUBMITTER: Sayols-Baixeras S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788444 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature