Common genetic variation near MC4R is associated with waist circumference and insulin resistance

Nature Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 716-718

  Chambers, John C ^a   Elliott, Paul ^a   Zabaneh, Delilah ^a   Zhang, Weihua ^a   Li, Yun ^b   Froguel, Philippe ^c,d   Balding, David ^a   Scott, James ^e   Kooner, Jaspal S ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 44349166252     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.156     Document Type: Article

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