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Recently, associations of several common genetic variants with height have been reported in different populations. We attempted to identify further variants associated with adult height in a self-contained population (the Sorbs in Eastern Germany) as discovery set. We performed a genome wide association study (GWAS) (∼390 000 genetic polymorphisms, Affymetrix gene arrays) on adult height in 929 Sorbian individuals. Subsequently, the best SNPs ( P  &lt; 0.001) were taken forward to a meta-analysis together with two independent cohorts [Diabetes Genetics Initiative, British 1958 Birth Cohort, (58BC, publicly available)]. Furthermore, we genotyped our best signal for replication in two additional German cohorts (Leipzig,  n  = 1044 and Berlin,  n  = 1728). In the primary Sorbian GWAS, we identified 5 loci with a  P -value &lt; 10 −5  and 455 SNPs with  P -value &lt; 0.001. In the meta-analysis on those 455 SNPs, only two variants in  GPR133  (rs1569019 and rs1976930; in LD with each other) retained a  P -value at or below 10 −6  and were associated with height in the three cohorts individually. Upon replication, the SNP rs1569019 showed significant effects on height in the Leipzig cohort ( P  = 0.004, beta = 1.166) and in 577 men of the Berlin cohort ( P  = 0.049, beta = 1.127) though not in women. The combined analysis of all five cohorts ( n  = 6,687) resulted in a  P -value of 4.7 × 10 −8  (beta = 0.949). In conclusion, our GWAS suggests novel loci influencing height. In view of the robust replication in five different cohorts, we propose  GPR133  to be a novel gene associated with adult height.

Genetic variation in GPR133 is associated with height: genome wide association study in the self-contained population of Sorbs