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Identification of Novel Potentially Pleiotropic Variants Associated With Osteoporosis and Obesity Using the cFDR Method.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2018
Hu Yuan, Tan Li-Jun, Chen Xiang-Ding, Liu Zhen, Min Shi-Shi, Zeng Qin, Shen Hui, Deng Hong-Wen
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Context: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been successful in identifying loci associated with osteoporosis and obesity. However, the findings explain only a small fraction of the total genetic variance. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify novel pleiotropic genes important in osteoporosis and obesity. Design and Setting: A pleiotropic conditional false discovery rate method was applied to...
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