A Comprehensive Analysis of Common and Rare Variants to Identify Adiposity Loci in Hispanic Americans: The IRAS Family Study (IRASFS).

Obesity is growing epidemic affecting 35% of adults in the United States. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous loci associated with obesity. However, the majority of studies have been completed in Caucasians focusing on total body measures of adiposity. Here we re...

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Main Authors: Chuan Gao, Nan Wang, Xiuqing Guo, Julie T Ziegler, Kent D Taylor, Anny H Xiang, Yang Hai, Steven J Kridel, Jerry L Nadler, Fouad Kandeel, Leslie J Raffel, Yii-Der I Chen, Jill M Norris, Jerome I Rotter, Richard M Watanabe, Lynne E Wagenknecht, Donald W Bowden, Elizabeth K Speliotes, Mark O Goodarzi, Carl D Langefeld, Nicholette D Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4658008?pdf=render