Multiethnic genome-wide association study identifies ethnic-specific associations with body mass index in Hispanics and African Americans

BMC Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Salinas, Yasmmyn D ^a   Wang, Leyao ^a   DeWan, Andrew T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnic differences; Genetic epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERBB4 GENE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRON; KLF6 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TCF7L2 GENE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; ERBB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TCF7L2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84978115994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0387-0     Document Type: Article

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