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Association between variants in or near PNPLA3, GCKR, and PPP1R3B with ultrasound-defined steatosis based on data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Sept 2013
Hernaez Ruben, McLean Jody, Lazo Mariana, Brancati Frederick L, Hirschhorn Joel N, Borecki Ingrid B, Harris Tamara B, Nguyen Thutrang, Kamel Ihab R, Bonekamp Susanne, Eberhardt Mark S, Clark Jeanne M, Kao Wen Hong Linda, Speliotes Elizabeth K
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: A genome-wide association study associated 5 genetic variants with hepatic steatosis (identified by computerized tomography) in individuals of European ancestry. We investigated whether these variants were associated with measures of hepatic steatosis (HS) in non-Hispanic white (NHW), non-Hispanic black, and Mexican American (MA) participants in the US population-based National Health and...
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