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Linkage analysis of factors underlying insulin resistance: Strong Heart Family Study.
Obesity research - 1 Nov 2005
North Kari E, Almasy Laura, Göring Harald H H, Cole Shelley A, Diego Vincent P, Laston Sandra, Cantu Teresa, Williams Jeff T, Howard Barbara V, Lee Elisa T, Best Lyle G, Fabsitz Richard R, MacCluer Jean W
Abstract excerpt
In previous work in non-diabetic participants of the Strong Heart Family Study, we identified three heritable principal components of nine insulin resistance (IR) phenotypes: 1) a glucose/insulin/obesity factor, 2) a blood pressure factor, and 3) a dyslipidemia factor. To localize quantitative trait loci (QTL) potentially influencing these factors, we conducted a genome scan of factor scores in Strong Heart...
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