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Transethnic meta-analysis of metabolic syndrome in a multiethnic study.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 2020
Willems Emileigh L, Wan Jia Y, Norden-Krichmar Trina M, Edwards Karen L, Santorico Stephanie A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been used to establish thousands of genetic associations across numerous phenotypes. To improve the power of GWAS and generalize associations across ethnic groups, transethnic meta-analysis methods are used to combine the results of several GWAS from diverse ancestries. The goal of this study is to identify genetic associations for eight quantitative metabolic syndrome...
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