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Ethnicity, body mass, and genome-wide data.
Biodemography and social biology - 1 Jan 2010
Boardman Jason D, Blalock Casey L, Corley Robin P, Stallings Michael C, Domingue Benjamin W, Mcqueen Matthew B, Crowley Thomas J, Hewitt John K, Lu Ying, Field Samuel H
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This article combines social and genetic epidemiology to examine the influence of self-reported ethnicity on body mass index (BMI) among a sample of adolescents and young adults. We use genetic information from more than 5,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in combination with principal componen...
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