A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CD47 ANTIGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY SHAPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; META-ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

ANP32 GENE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARL15 GENE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; GANAB GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; GENOTYPE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85000900079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13357     Document Type: Article

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