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Admixture Mapping of 15,280 African Americans Identifies Obesity Susceptibility Loci on Chromosomes 5 and X
The prevalence of obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m(2)) is higher in African Americans than in European Americans, even after adjustment for socioeconomic factors, suggesting that genetic factors may explain some of the difference. To identify genetic loci influencing BMI, we carried out a poo...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19461885 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000490 |