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An epigenome-wide association study in whole blood of measures of adiposity among Ghanaians: the RODAM study

BACKGROUND: Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) have identified DNA methylation loci involved in adiposity. However, EWAS on adiposity in sub-Saharan Africans are lacking despite the high burden of adiposity among African populations. We undertook an EWAS for anthropometric indices of adiposit...

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Autores principales: Meeks, Karlijn A.C., Henneman, Peter, Venema, Andrea, Burr, Tom, Galbete, Cecilia, Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Rotimi, Charles N., Addo, Juliet, Smeeth, Liam, Bahendeka, Silver, Spranger, Joachim, Mannens, Marcel M.A.M., Zafarmand, Mohammad H., Agyemang, Charles, Adeyemo, Adebowale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28947923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-017-0403-x