Principal-component-based multivariate regression for genetic association studies of metabolic syndrome components

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Quantitative traits often underlie risk for complex diseases. For example, weight and body mass index (BMI) underlie the human abdominal obesity-metabolic syndrome. Many attempts have been made to identify quantitative trait loci (QT...

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Main Authors: Yau Canddy, Wang Meng, He Jiang, Dellinger Andrew, Chen Wei, Mei Hao, Srinivasan Sathanur R, Berenson Gerald S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/11/100