Article
Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians.
Nature genetics - 19 Feb 2012
Wen Wanqing, Cho Yoon-Shin, Zheng Wei, Dorajoo Rajkumar, Kato Norihiro, Qi Lu, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Delahanty Ryan J, Okada Yukinori, Tabara Yasuharu, Gu Dongfeng, Zhu Dingliang, Haiman Christopher A, Mo Zengnan, Gao Yu-Tang, Saw Seang-Mei, Go Min-Jin, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Chang Li-Ching, Kokubo Yoshihiro, Liang Jun, Hao Mei, Le Marchand Loïc, Zhang Yi, Hu Yanling, Wong Tien-Yin, Long Jirong, Han Bok-Ghee, Kubo Michiaki, Yamamoto Ken, Su Mei-Hsin, Miki Tetsuro, Henderson Brian E, Song Huaidong, Tan Aihua, He Jiang, Ng Daniel P-K, Cai Qiuyin, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Iwai Naoharu, Chen Gary K, Shi Jiajun, Xu Jianfeng, Sim Xueling, Xiang Yong-Bing, Maeda Shiro, Ong Rick T H, Li Chun, Nakamura Yusuke, Aung Tin, Kamatani Naoyuki, Liu Jian-Jun, Lu Wei, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Seielstad Mark, Fann Cathy S J, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Lee Jong-Young, Hu Frank B, Tanaka Toshihiro, Tai E Shyong, Shu Xiao-Ou
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic loci associated with obesity or body mass index (BMI) have been identified through genome-wide association studies conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry. We performed a meta-analysis of associations between BMI and approximately 2.4 million SNPs in 27,715 east Asians, which was followed by in silico and de novo replication studies in 37,691 and 17,642 additional east Asians,...
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