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Adiponectin concentrations: a genome-wide association study.
American journal of human genetics - 8 Oct 2010
Jee Sun Ha, Sull Jae Woong, Lee Jong-Eun, Shin Chol, Park Jongkeun, Kimm Heejin, Cho Eun-Young, Shin Eun-Soon, Yun Ji Eun, Park Ji Wan, Kim Sang Yeun, Lee Sun Ju, Jee Eun Jung, Baik Inkyung, Kao Linda, Yoon Sungjoo Kim, Jang Yangsoo, Beaty Terri H
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin is associated with obesity and insulin resistance. To date, there has been no genome-wide association study (GWAS) of adiponectin levels in Asians. Here we present a GWAS of a cohort of Korean volunteers. A total of 4,001 subjects were genotyped by using a genome-wide marker panel in a two-stage design (979 subjects initially and 3,022 in a second stage). Another 2,304 subjects were used for follow-up...
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