On the association of common and rare genetic variation influencing body mass index: A combined SNP and CNV analysis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peterson, Roseann E ^a   Maes, Hermine H ^a   Lin, Peng ^b   Kramer, John R ^c   Hesselbrock, Victor M ^d   Bauer, Lance O ^d   Nurnberger, John I ^e   Edenberg, Howard J ^e   Dick, Danielle M ^a   Webb, Bradley T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Copy number variation; FTO; Genome wide association; MC4R; Obesity; Polygenic score; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC RISK SUM SCORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84901437753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-368     Document Type: Article

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