FTO Genetic Variation and Association With Obesity in West Africans and African Americans

OBJECTIVE: The FTO gene is one of the most consistently replicated loci for obesity. However, data from populations of African ancestry are limited. We evaluated genetic variation in the FTO gene and investigated associations with obesity in West Africans and African Americans. RESEARCH DESIGN AND M...

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Autores principales: Adeyemo, Adebowale, Chen, Guanjie, Zhou, Jie, Shriner, Daniel, Doumatey, Ayo, Huang, Hanxia, Rotimi, Charles
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2010
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20299471
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db09-1252

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20299471
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db09-1252

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