Copy number variations associated with obesity related traits in African Americans: a joint analysis between GENOA and HyperGEN

Obesity is a highly heritable trait and a growing public health problem. African Americans are a genetically diverse, yet understudied population with a high prevalence of obesity (body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2). Recent studies based upon single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have ide...

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Main Authors: Zhao, Wei, Wineinger, Nathan E., Tiwari, Hemant K., Mosley, Thomas H., Broeckel, Ulrich, Arnett, Donna K., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kabagambe, Edmond K., Sun, Yan V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484176/