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Genome-wide association study of body mass index in subjects with alcohol dependence.
Addiction biology - 1 Mar 2017
Polimanti Renato, Zhang Huiping, Smith Andrew H, Zhao Hongyu, Farrer Lindsay A, Kranzler Henry R, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
Outcomes related to disordered metabolism are common in alcohol dependence (AD). To investigate alterations in the regulation of body mass that occur in the context of AD, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of body mass index (BMI) in African Americans (AAs) and European Americans (EAs) with AD. Subjects were recruited for genetic studies of AD or drug dependence and evaluated using the...
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