To identify and validate loci for these traits, SNPs for which associations reached P<5×10-6 in the stage 1 analyses were taken forward for follow-up (stage 2) in 12 studies with in silico GWAS data and 24 studies with Metabochip data with study bases of 109,703 (BMI), 107,740 (height) and 75,220 (WHR) (Supplementary Tables 1-5).
