Genome-wide association study of abdominal MRI-measured visceral fat: The multiethnic cohort adiposity phenotype study.

Genome-wide association study of abdominal MRI-measured visceral fat: The multiethnic cohort adiposity phenotype study.

Few studies have explored the genetic underpinnings of intra-abdominal visceral fat deposition, which varies substantially by sex and race/ethnicity. Among 1,787 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC)-Adiposity Phenotype Study (MEC-APS), we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of t...

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Main Authors: Samantha A Streicher, Unhee Lim, S Lani Park, Yuqing Li, Xin Sheng, Victor Hom, Lucy Xia, Loreall Pooler, John Shepherd, Lenora W M Loo, Thomas Ernst, Steven Buchthal, Adrian A Franke, Maarit Tiirikainen, Lynne R Wilkens, Christopher A Haiman, Daniel O Stram, Iona Cheng, Loïc Le Marchand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279932

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