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Genetic effects on obesity assessed by bivariate genome scan: the Mexican-American coronary artery disease study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jul 2006
Li Xiaohui, Quiñones Manuel J, Wang Dai, Bulnes-Enriquez Isabel, Jimenez Xochitl, De La Rosa Roxana, Aurea George L, Taylor Kent D, Hsueh Willa A, Rotter Jerome I, Yang Huiying
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OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic determinants of obesity using univariate and bivariate models in a genome scan. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: We evaluated the genetic and environmental effects and performed a genome-wide linkage analysis of obesity-related traits in 478 subjects from 105 Mexican-American nuclear families ascertained through a proband with documented coronary artery disease. The available...
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