Study of 11 BMI-associated loci identified in GWAS for associations with central obesity in the Chinese children.

Study of 11 BMI-associated loci identified in GWAS for associations with central obesity in the Chinese children.

OBJECTIVE: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with body mass index (BMI)/generalized obesity. In this study, we aimed to examine the associations of identified SNPs with risk of central obesity in a child population from Chin...

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Main Authors: Bo Xi, Hong Cheng, Yue Shen, Giriraj R Chandak, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Dongqing Hou, Lijun Wu, Xingyu Wang, Jie Mi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3570414?pdf=render

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