Association of PCSK1 rs6234 with obesity and related traits in a Chinese han population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Qi, Qibin ^a   Li, Huaixing ^a   Loos, Ruth J F ^b   Liu, Chen ^a   Hu, Frank B ^c   Wu, Hongyu ^a   Yu, Zhijie ^a   Lin, Xu ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; NEUROPEPTIDE; PCSK1N PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 77956270115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010590     Document Type: Article

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