Sex-specific findings from a genome-wide linkage analysis of human fatness in non-Hispanic whites and African Americans: The HyperGEN Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 639-649

  Lewis, C E ^a   North, K E ^b   Arnett, D ^c   Borecki, I B ^d   Coon, H ^e   Ellison, R C ^f   Hunt, S C ^e   Oberman, A ^a   Rich, S S ^g   Province, M A ^d   Miller, M B ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Linkage (genetic)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 3; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; PIERINAE;

EID: 20144380431     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802916     Document Type: Article

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