Genome-wide association studies and heritability estimates of body mass index related phenotypes in Bangladeshi adults.

Many health outcomes are influenced by a person's body mass index, as well as by the trajectory of body mass index through a lifetime. Although previous research has established that body mass index related traits are influenced by genetics, the relationship between these traits and genetics ha...

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Main Authors: Molly Scannell Bryan, Maria Argos, Brandon Pierce, Lin Tong, Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman, Alauddin Ahmed, Mahfuzar Rahman, Tariqul Islam, Muhammad Yunus, Faruque Parvez, Shantanu Roy, Farzana Jasmine, John A Baron, Muhammad G Kibriya, Habibul Ahsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136799?pdf=render