Lipids, obesity and gallbladder disease in women: insights from genetic studies using the cardiovascular gene-centric 50K SNP array

Gallbladder disease (GBD) has an overall prevalence of 10–40% depending on factors such as age, gender, population, obesity and diabetes, and represents a major economic burden. Although gallstones are composed of cholesterol by-products and are associated with obesity, presumed causal pathways rema...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez, Santiago, Gaunt, Tom R, Guo, Yiran, Zheng, Jie, Barnes, Michael R, Tang, Weihang, Danish, Fazal, Johnson, Andrew, Castillo, Berta A, Li, Yun R, Hakonarson, Hakon, Buxbaum, Sarah G, Palmer, Tom, Tsai, Michael Y, Lange, Leslie A, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Lawlor, Debbie A, Folsom, Aaron R, Hoogeveen, Ron, Reiner, Alex, Keating, Brendan, Day, Ian NM
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681116/