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A variant in the LRRFIP1 gene is associated with adiposity and inflammation.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jan 2013
Plourde Melanie, Vohl Marie-Claude, Bellis Claire, Carless Melanie, Dyer Thomas, Dolley Guillaume, Marette André, Després Jean-Pierre, Bouchard Claude, Blangero John, Pérusse Louis
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Inflammation is an important factor linking abdominal obesity with insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic risk. A genome-wide association study of adiposity-related traits performed in the Quebec Family Study (QFS) revealed that a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the LRRFIP1 gene (rs11680012) was associated with abdominal adiposity (P = 4.6 × 10(-6)). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this...
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