Impact of BMI and waist circumference on epigenome-wide DNA methylation and identification of epigenetic biomarkers in blood: an EWAS in multi-ethnic Asian individuals

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity and its related chronic diseases have been increasing especially in Asian countries. Obesity-related genetic variants have been identified, but these explain little of the variation in BMI. Recent studies reported associations between DNA methylation and obesity...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yuqing, Kassam, Irfahan, Lau, Suk Hiang, Kooner, Jaspal S., Wilson, Rory, Peters, Annette, Winkelmann, Juliane, Chambers, John C., Chow, Vincent T., Khor, Chiea Chuen, van Dam, Rob M., Teo, Yik-Ying, Loh, Marie, Sim, Xueling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8527674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34670603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01162-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8527674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34670603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01162-x

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