Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Ching Ti ^a   Monda, Keri L ^b   Taylor, Kira C ^b,c   Lange, Leslie ^d   Demerath, Ellen W ^e   Palmas, Walter ^f   Wojczynski, Mary K ^g   Ellis, Jaclyn C ^d   Vitolins, Mara Z ^h   Liu, Simin ⁱ   Papanicolaou, George J ^j   Irvin, Marguerite R ^k   Xue, Luting ^a   Griffin, Paula J ^a   Nalls, Michael A ^l   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^m   Liu, Jiankang ⁿ   Li, Guo ^o   Ruiz Narvaez, Edward A ^p   Chen, Wei Min ^q   Chen, Fang ^q   Henderson, Brian E ^r   Millikan, Robert C ^b   Ambrosone, Christine B ^s   Strom, Sara S ^t   Guo, Xiuqing ^u   Andrews, Jeanette S ^v   Sun, Yan V ^w   Mosley, Thomas H ⁿ   Yanek, Lisa R ^x   Shriner, Daniel ^m   Haritunians, Talin ^u   Rotter, Jerome I ^u   Speliotes, Elizabeth K ^w   Smith, Megan ^o   Rosenberg, Lynn ^p   Mychaleckyj, Josyf ^q   Nayak, Uma ^q   Spruill, Ida ^y   Garvey, W Timothy ^z   Pettaway, Curtis ^t   Nyante, Sarah ^b   Bandera, Elisa V ^aa   Britton, Angela F ^l   Zonderman, Alan B ^ab   Rasmussen Torvik, Laura J ^ac   Chen, Yii Der Ida ^u   Ding, Jingzhong ^v   Lohman, Kurt ^v   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^v   Zhao, Wei ^w   Peyser, Patricia A ^w   Kardia, Sharon L R ^w   Kabagambe, Edmond ^k   Broeckel, Ulrich ^ad   Chen, Guanjie ^m   Zhou, Jie ^m   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^ae   Neuhouser, Marian L ^af   Rampersaud, Evadnie ^ag   Psaty, Bruce ^ah   Kooperberg, Charles ^af   Manson, JoAnn E ^ai   Kuller, Lewis H ^aj   Ochs Balcom, Heather M ^ak   Johnson, Karen C ^al   Sucheston, Lara ^ak   Ordovas, Jose M ^am   Palmer, Julie R ^p   Haiman, Christopher A ^r   McKnight, Barbara ^o   Howard, Barbara V ^an   Becker, Diane M ^x   Bielak, Lawrence F ^w   Liu, Yongmei ^v   Allison, Matthew A ^ao   Grant, Struan F A ^ap   Burke, Gregory L ^v   Patel, Sanjay R ^ai   Schreiner, Pamela J ^e   Borecki, Ingrid B ^g   Evans, Michele K ^ab   Taylor, Herman ⁿ   Sale, Michele M ^q   Howard, Virginia ^z   Carlson, Christopher S ^af   Rotimi, Charles N ^m   Cushman, Mary ^aq   Harris, Tamara B ^ar   Reiner, Alexander P ^o   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a,as   North, Kari E ^b   Fox, Caroline S ^ai,as,at   more..

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ Center for Metabolic Disease Prevention   (United States)

^j NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^m NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^u CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^x JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^aa RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^ab NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^ac NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^ae ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^af Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ah GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ai BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ak UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^al UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^am TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ap CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ar Laboratory of Epidemiology   (United States)

^as FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^at Center for Population Studies   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADAMTS9 GENE; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRB14 GENE; HEREDITY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; ITPR2 GENE; LHX2 GENE; LY86 GENE; MALE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RACE; RREB1 GENE; RSPO3 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SSPN GENE; TBX15 GENE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WARS2 GENE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; NEGRO;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84884607859     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003681     Document Type: Article

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