Article
Genetic underpinnings of adiposity : from GWAS discovery to functional characterisation
2020-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Obesity affects more than 600 million people worldwide and causes 4 million excess deaths every year through its related co-morbidities, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Detrimental anatomical distribution of body fat, specifically visceral fat accumulation, is a major driver of this mortality risk. There is clear evidence that underlying genetic predisposition plays a major role in determining body fat...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7c2f25b4-364e-5c88-a863-279de113090d
- DOI
- 10.7488/era/868