Replication of 13 obesity loci among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Asian-Indian populations

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-163

  Dorajoo, R ^a,b   Blakemore, A I F ^b   Sim, X ^c   Ong, R T H ^a,c   Ng, D P K ^d   Seielstad, M ^a,e,f   Wong, T Y ^g   Saw, S M ^d,g   Froguel, P ^b,h   Liu, J ^a   Tai, E S ^c,d  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^h UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Asian; body mass index; genetics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84855705730     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.86     Document Type: Article

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