Open AccessObesity Susceptibility Genetic Variants Identified from Recent Genome-Wide Association Studies: Implications in a Chinese Population
Author(s) -
Chloe Y. Y. Cheung,
Annette W.K. Tso,
Bernard M.Y. Cheung,
Aimin Xu,
Kwok Leung Ong,
Carol Ho-Yan Fong,
Nelson M.S. Wat,
Edward Janus,
Pak C. Sham,
Karen S.L. Lam
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2009-1465
Subject(s) - obesity , single nucleotide polymorphism , body mass index , genome wide association study , context (archaeology) , snp , medicine , genetic association , fto gene , genetics , biology , genotype , gene , paleontology
Recent large-scale genome-wide association studies identified novel genetic variants associated with obesity and body mass index (BMI) in addition to the well-described FTO and MC4R genetic variants.
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