Functional study of waist-hip ratio associated loci and the WARS2 gene as modulators of fat distribution.
<p>Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Genome-wide association studies identified 346 loci linked to increased WHR adjusted for Body Mass Index (WHRadjBMI) (Shungin et al., 2015; Pulit et al., 2018). To elucidate the genetic underpinning of WHRadjBMI...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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