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Genomic correlation, shared loci, and causal relationship between obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis.
BMC medicine - 11 Feb 2022
Liu Qianwen, Zhu Zhaozhong, Kraft Peter, Deng Qiaolin, Stener-Victorin Elisabet, Jiang Xia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The comorbidity between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and obesity has long been observed in clinical settings, but their shared genetic basis remains unclear. METHODS: Leveraging summary statistics of large-scale GWAS(s) conducted in European-ancestry populations on body mass index (adult BMI, Nfemale=434,794; childhood BMI, N=39,620), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, Nfemale=381,152), WHR adjusted for BMI...
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