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INSIG2 SNPs associated with obesity and glucose homeostasis traits in Hispanics: the IRAS Family Study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Aug 2009
Talbert Matthew E, Langefeld Carl D, Ziegler Julie T, Haffner Steven M, Norris Jill M, Bowden Donald W
Abstract excerpt
The genome-wide association study by Herbert et al. identified the INSIG2 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7566605 as contributing to increased BMI in ethnically distinct cohorts. The present study sought to further clarify the matter, by testing whether SNPs of INSIG2 influenced quantitative adiposity or glucose homeostasis traits in Hispanics of the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study...
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