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Role of BMI-associated loci identified in GWAS meta-analyses in the context of common childhood obesity in European Americans.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Dec 2011
Zhao Jianhua, Bradfield Jonathan P, Zhang Haitao, Sleiman Patrick M, Kim Cecilia E, Glessner Joseph T, Deliard Sandra, Thomas Kelly A, Frackelton Edward C, Li Mingyao, Chiavacci Rosetta M, Berkowitz Robert I, Hakonarson Hakon, Grant Struan F A
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a serious health concern for children and adolescents, particularly in Western societies, where its incidence is now considered to have reached epidemic proportions. A number of genetic determinants of adult BMI have already been established through genome wide association studies (GWAS), most recently from the GIANT meta-analysis of such datasets combined. In this current study of European Americans,...
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