Evaluation of genetic susceptibility loci for obesity in chinese women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-254

  Shi, Jiajun ^a,b   Long, Jirong ^a,b   Gao, Yu Tang ^c   Lu, Wei ^d   Cai, Qiuyin ^a,b   Wen, Wanqing ^a,b   Zheng, Ying ^a,b   Yu, Kai ^e   Xiang, Yong Bing ^c   Hu, Frank B ^f   Zheng, Wei ^d   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Shanghai Institute of Preventive Medicine   (China)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; genome wide association study; linkage disequilibrium; obesity; polymorphism, genetic; women

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED; PROTEIN HLA B ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPT 2; PROTEIN SEC16B; SH2B ADAPTOR PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 77955165654     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq129     Document Type: Article

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