Open AccessFour pleiotropic loci associated with fat mass and lean mass
Author(s) -
Yu Liu,
Shu Ran,
Yong Lin,
Yuxue Zhang,
Xiaolin Yang,
XinTong Wei,
Zhe Jiang,
He Xiao,
Hong Zhang,
Guoliang Feng,
Hui Shen,
Qing Tian,
HongWen Deng,
Lei Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-020-0645-0
Subject(s) - lean body mass , fat mass , body mass index , genome wide association study , biology , genetics , medicine , endocrinology , gene , single nucleotide polymorphism , body weight , genotype
Fat mass and lean mass are two biggest components of body mass. Both fat mass and lean mass are under strong genetic determinants and are correlated.