Article
Genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new loci for waist-hip ratio and waist circumference.
Scientific reports - 20 Jan 2016
Wen Wanqing, Kato Norihiro, Hwang Joo-Yeon, Guo Xingyi, Tabara Yasuharu, Li Huaixing, Dorajoo Rajkumar, Yang Xiaobo, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Li Shengxu, Wu Ying, Wu Tangchun, Kim Soriul, Guo Xiuqing, Liang Jun, Shungin Dmitry, Adair Linda S, Akiyama Koichi, Allison Matthew, Cai Qiuyin, Chang Li-Ching, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Chen Yuan-Tsong, Cho Yoon Shin, Choi Bo Youl, Gao Yutang, Go Min Jin, Gu Dongfeng, Han Bok-Ghee, He Meian, Hixson James E, Hu Yanling, Huang Tao, Isono Masato, Jung Keum Ji, Kang Daehee, Kim Young Jin, Kita Yoshikuni, Lee Juyoung, Lee Nanette R, Lee Jeannette, Wang Yiqin, Liu Jian-Jun, Long Jirong, Moon Sanghoon, Nakamura Yasuyuki, Nakatochi Masahiro, Ohnaka Keizo, Rao Dabeeru, Shi Jiajun, Sull Jae Woong, Tan Aihua, Ueshima Hirotsugu, Wu Chen, Xiang Yong-Bing, Yamamoto Ken, Yao Jie, Ye Xingwang, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Zhang Xiaomin, Zheng Yan, Qi Lu, Rotter Jerome I, Jee Sun Ha, Lin Dongxin, Mohlke Karen L, He Jiang, Mo Zengnan, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Tai E Shyong, Lin Xu, Miki Tetsuro, Kim Bong-Jo, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Zheng Wei, Shu Xiao-Ou
Abstract excerpt
Sixty genetic loci associated with abdominal obesity, measured by waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR), have been previously identified, primarily from studies conducted in European-ancestry populations. We conducted a meta-analysis of associations of abdominal obesity with approximately 2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) among 53,052 (for WC) and 48,312 (for WHR) individuals of...
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