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Identification of three genetic variants as novel susceptibility loci for body mass index in a Japanese population.
Physiological genomics - 1 Mar 2018
Yasukochi Yoshiki, Sakuma Jun, Takeuchi Ichiro, Kato Kimihiko, Oguri Mitsutoshi, Fujimaki Tetsuo, Horibe Hideki, Yamada Yoshiji
Abstract excerpt
Recent genome-wide association studies have identified various obesity or metabolic syndrome (MetS) susceptibility loci. However, most studies were conducted in a cross-sectional manner. To address this gap, we performed a longitudinal exome-wide association study to identify susceptibility loci for obesity and MetS in a Japanese population. We traced clinical data of 6,022 Japanese subjects who had annual health...
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