New insights from GWAS on BMI-related growth traits in a longitudinal cohort of admixed children with Native American and European ancestry

New insights from GWAS on BMI-related growth traits in a longitudinal cohort of admixed children with Native American and European ancestry

Summary: Body-mass index (BMI) is a hallmark of adiposity. In contrast with adulthood, the genetic architecture of BMI during childhood is poorly understood. The few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on children have been performed almost exclusively in Europeans and at single ages. We performe...

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Main Authors: Lucas Vicuña, Esteban Barrientos, Tomás Norambuena, Danilo Alvares, Juan Cristobal Gana, Valeria Leiva-Yamaguchi, Cristian Meza, José L. Santos, Veronica Mericq, Ana Pereira, Susana Eyheramendy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:iScience
Subjects:
Health sciences
Human genetics
Genomics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223001682

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