Among Eighty-six genes significantly associated with BMI in BLCA, a prioritized set of ten genes (BRCA2, DNAH9, GRIA4, PLXNA4, UNC13C, FCGBP, SF3B1, ELP1, NES, TRERF1) has been selected for further analyses. The gene discussed is ELP1; the disease is bladder transitional cell carcinoma.