Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Obesity is globaLy prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined aSociations betwEn body maS index and ĝ̂1/42.8 miLion SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted foLow up of 42 SNPs in...

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Autors principals: Speliotes, E, Willer, C, Berndt, S, Monda, K, Thorleifsson, G, Jackson, A, Allen, H, Lindgren, C, Luan, J, Maegi, R, Randall, J, Vedantam, S, Winkler, T, Qi, L, Workalemahu, T, Heid, I, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stringham, H, Weedon, M, Wheeler, E, Wood, A, Ferreira, T, Weyant, R, Segre, A, Estrada, K
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2010