Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci

Central obesity, measured by waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR), is a marker of body fat distribution. Although obesity disproportionately affects minority populations, few studies have conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) of fat distribution among those of predominantly Afr...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ching-Ti, Monda, Keri L., Taylor, Kira C., Lange, Leslie, Demerath, Ellen W., Palmas, Walter, Wojczynski, Mary K., Ellis, Jaclyn C., Vitolins, Mara Z., Liu, Simin, Papanicolaou, George J., Irvin, Marguerite R., Xue, Luting, Griffin, Paula J., Nalls, Michael A., Adeyemo, Adebowale, Liu, Jiankang, Li, Guo, Ruiz-Narvaez, Edward A., Chen, Wei-Min, Chen, Fang, Henderson, Brian E., Millikan, Robert C., Ambrosone, Christine B., Strom, Sara S., Guo, Xiuqing, Andrews, Jeanette S., Sun, Yan V., Mosley, Thomas H., Yanek, Lisa R., Shriner, Daniel, Haritunians, Talin, Rotter, Jerome I., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Smith, Megan, Rosenberg, Lynn, Mychaleckyj, Josyf, Nayak, Uma, Spruill, Ida, Garvey, W. Timothy, Pettaway, Curtis, Nyante, Sarah, Bandera, Elisa V., Britton, Angela F., Zonderman, Alan B., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Ding, Jingzhong, Lohman, Kurt, Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Zhao, Wei, Peyser, Patricia A., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kabagambe, Edmond, Broeckel, Ulrich, Chen, Guanjie, Zhou, Jie, Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, Neuhouser, Marian L., Rampersaud, Evadnie, Psaty, Bruce, Kooperberg, Charles, Manson, JoAnn E., Kuller, Lewis H., Ochs-Balcom, Heather M., Johnson, Karen C., Sucheston, Lara, Ordovas, Jose M., Palmer, Julie R., Haiman, Christopher A., McKnight, Barbara, Howard, Barbara V., Becker, Diane M., Bielak, Lawrence F., Liu, Yongmei, Allison, Matthew A., Grant, Struan F. A., Burke, Gregory L., Patel, Sanjay R., Schreiner, Pamela J., Borecki, Ingrid B., Evans, Michele K., Taylor, Herman, Sale, Michele M., Howard, Virginia, Carlson, Christopher S., Rotimi, Charles N., Cushman, Mary, Harris, Tamara B., Reiner, Alexander P., Cupples, L. Adrienne, North, Kari E., Fox, Caroline S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003681

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003681

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