Article
Genome-wide association studies suggest sex-specific loci associated with abdominal and visceral fat.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Apr 2016
Sung Y J, Pérusse L, Sarzynski M A, Fornage M, Sidney S, Sternfeld B, Rice T, Terry J G, Jacobs D R, Katzmarzyk P, Curran J E, Jeffrey Carr J, Blangero J, Ghosh S, Després J-P, Rankinen T, Rao D C, Bouchard C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To identify loci associated with abdominal fat and replicate prior findings, we performed genome-wide association (GWA) studies of abdominal fat traits: subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT); visceral adipose tissue (VAT); total adipose tissue (TAT) and visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio (VSR). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Sex-combined and sex-stratified analyses were performed on each trait with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.