Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations.

Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations.

We analyzed genome-wide association data from 1,380 Europeans with early-onset and morbid adult obesity and 1,416 age-matched normal-weight controls. Thirty-eight markers showing strong association were further evaluated in 14,186 European subjects. In addition to FTO and MC4R, we detected significa...

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Main Authors: Meyre, D, Delplanque, J, Chèvre, J, Lecoeur, C, Lobbens, S, Gallina, S, Durand, E, Vatin, V, Degraeve, F, Proença, C, Gaget, S, Körner, A, Kovacs, P, Kiess, W, Tichet, J, Marre, M, Hartikainen, A, Horber, F, Potoczna, N, Hercberg, S, Levy-Marchal, C, Pattou, F, Heude, B, Tauber, M, McCarthy, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009

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