Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4805-4815

  Boraska, Vesna ^a,b   Jerončić, Ana ^b   Colonna, Vincenza ^a,c   Southam, Lorraine ^a   Nyholt, Dale R ^d   William rayner, Nigel ^a,e,f   Perry, John R B ^e,g,h   Toniolo, Daniela ⁱ   Albrecht, Eva ^j   Ang, Wei ^k   Bandinelli, Stefania ^l   Barbalic, Maja ^m   Barroso, Inês ^a,n   Beckmann, Jacques S ^p,q   Biffar, Reiner ^r   Boomsma, Dorret ^s   Campbell, Harry ^t   Corre, Tanguy ⁱ   Erdmann, Jeanette ^u   Esko, Tõnu ^v,w   Fischer, Krista ^v   Franceschini, Nora ^x   Frayling, Timothy M ^g   Girotto, Giorgia ^y   Gonzalez, Juan R ^z,aa   Harris, Tamara B ^ab   Heath, Andrew C ^ac   Heid, Iris M ^j,ad   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^r   Hofman, Albert ^ae,af   Horikoshi, Momoko ^e,f   Hua zhao, Jing ^o   Jackson, Anne U ^ag   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^s   Jula, Antti ^ah   Kähönen, Mika ^ai,aj   Khaw, Kay Tee ^ak   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^al   Klopp, Norman ^j   Kutalik, Zoltán ^p,am   Lagou, Vasiliki ^e,f   Launer, Lenore J ^ab   Lehtimäki, Terho ^ai,aj   Lemire, Mathieu ^an   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^ao   Loley, Christina ^u   Luan, Jian'an ^o   Mangino, Massimo ^h   Mateo leach, Irene ^aq   Medland, Sarah E ^d   Mihailov, Evelin ^w   Montgomery, Grant W ^d   Navis, Gerjan ^aq   Newnham, John ^k   Nieminen, Markku S ^ar   Palotie, Aarno ^a,ap,ar,as   Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope ^a   Peters, Annette ^j   Pirastu, Nicola ^y   Polašek, Ozren ^b   Rehnström, Karola ^a,ap   Ripatti, Samuli ^ap   Ritchie, Graham R S ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^ae,af   Robino, Antonietta ^y   Samani, Nilesh J ^at   Shin, So Youn ^a   Sinisalo, Juha ^ar   Smit, Johannes H ^au   Soranzo, Nicole ^a,h   Stolk, Lisette ^ae,af   Swinkels, Dorine W ^al   Tanaka, Toshiko ^ab   Teumer, Alexander ^aw   Tönjes, Anke ^ax   Traglia, Michela ⁱ   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^ah,ay,az,ba   Valsesia, Armand ^p,am,bb   Van gilst, Wiek H ^aq   Van meurs, Joyce B J ^ae,af   Smith, Albert Vernon ^bc,bd   Viikari, Jorma ^be,bg   Vink, Jacqueline M ^s   Waeber, Gerard ^q   Warrington, Nicole M ^k   Widen, Elisabeth ^ap   Willemsen, Gonneke ^s   Wright, Alan F ^bh   Zanke, Brent W ^bi   Zgaga, Lina ^t,bj   Boehnke, Michael ^ag   D'Adamo, Adamo Pio ^y   De geus, Eco ^s   Demerath, Ellen W ^bk   Den Heijer, Martin ^al   Eriksson, Johan G ^{ah,ap,ar,bl,bm}   Ferrucci, Luigi ^ab   Gieger, Christian ^j   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^bc,bd   Hayward, Caroline ^bh   Hengstenberg, Christian ^bn   Hudson, Thomas J ^an,bo   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^ah,bp,bq   Kogevinas, Manolis ^z,aa,br,bs   Loos, Ruth J F ^o   Martin, Nicholas G ^d   Metspalu, Andres ^v,w   Pennell, Craig E ^k   Penninx, Brenda W ^aq,av,bt   Perola, Markus ^ah,ap   Raitakari, Olli ^bf,bg   Salomaa, Veikko ^ah   Schreiber, Stefan ^bu   Schunkert, Heribert ^u   Spector, Tim D ^h   Stumvoll, Michael ^ax   Uitterlinden, André G ^ae,af   Ulivi, Sheila ^bv   Van der harst, Pim ^aq   Vollenweider, Peter ^q   Völzke, Henry ^r   Wareham, Nicholas J ^o   Wichmann, H Erich ^j,bw,bx   Wilson, James F ^t   Rudan, Igor ^b,t   Xue, Yali ^a   Zeggini, Eleftheria ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^o ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^q LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^s VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^x IL   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^z CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^aa CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^ab NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^ac WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^ae ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^af Netherlands Consortium of Healthy Aging   (Netherlands)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ah NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^ai TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^aj TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^al RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^am SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^an ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^aq UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^ar HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^as BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^au UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^av VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^ay SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^az HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^ba DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^bb LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^bc ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^be UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^bg TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^bh WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^bi OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bl FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^bm VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^bn Klinik und Poliklinik fur Innere Medizin II   (Germany)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^bp IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bq UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^br HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^bs NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^bt LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^bv INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^bw UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^bx LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOME;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SEXISM;

EID: 84867814813     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds304     Document Type: Article

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