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Replication of 13 obesity loci among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Asian-Indian populations.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jan 2012
Dorajoo R, Blakemore A I F, Sim X, Ong R T-H, Ng D P K, Seielstad M, Wong T-Y, Saw S-M, Froguel P, Liu J, Tai E-S
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OBJECTIVE: Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 38 obesity-associated loci among European populations. However, their contribution to obesity in other ethnicities is largely unknown. METHODS: We utilised five GWAS (N=10 482) from Chinese (three cohorts, including one with type 2 diabetes and another one of children), Malay and Indian ethnic groups from Singapore. Data sets were analysed...
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