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G Bragi Walters

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1 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet 2010 23.08
2 Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease. Nature 2008 21.35
3 Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2006 19.03
4 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
5 Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet 2010 16.96
6 A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2007 13.28
7 Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height. Nat Genet 2008 12.80
8 Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity. Nat Genet 2008 12.43
9 Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father's age to disease risk. Nature 2012 11.92
10 Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nat Genet 2010 7.94
11 Common sequence variants in the LOXL1 gene confer susceptibility to exfoliation glaucoma. Science 2007 7.55
12 The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. Nat Genet 2008 6.72
13 Multiple genetic loci for bone mineral density and fractures. N Engl J Med 2008 6.35
14 Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution. PLoS Genet 2009 5.81
15 Fine-scale recombination rate differences between sexes, populations and individuals. Nature 2010 4.74
16 A sequence variant in ZFHX3 on 16q22 associates with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke. Nat Genet 2009 4.11
17 A rare variant in MYH6 is associated with high risk of sick sinus syndrome. Nat Genet 2011 3.94
18 New sequence variants associated with bone mineral density. Nat Genet 2008 3.43
19 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
20 Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma. Nat Genet 2010 2.75
21 Nonsense mutation in the LGR4 gene is associated with several human diseases and other traits. Nature 2013 2.55
22 Identification of low-frequency variants associated with gout and serum uric acid levels. Nat Genet 2011 2.48
23 The association of a SNP upstream of INSIG2 with body mass index is reproduced in several but not all cohorts. PLoS Genet 2007 2.35
24 Discovery of common variants associated with low TSH levels and thyroid cancer risk. Nat Genet 2012 1.81
25 Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm. Nat Genet 2010 1.79
26 Sequence variants in the CLDN14 gene associate with kidney stones and bone mineral density. Nat Genet 2009 1.73
27 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
28 Common genetic variants associated with open-angle glaucoma. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.58
29 A rare nonsynonymous sequence variant in C3 is associated with high risk of age-related macular degeneration. Nat Genet 2013 1.23
30 Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.03
31 Composition of the founding population of Iceland: biological distance and morphological variation in early historic Atlantic Europe. Am J Phys Anthropol 2004 0.75