Genome-wide association study to identify common variants associated with brachial circumference: a meta-analysis of 14 cohorts.

Genome-wide association study to identify common variants associated with brachial circumference: a meta-analysis of 14 cohorts.

Brachial circumference (BC), also known as upper arm or mid arm circumference, can be used as an indicator of muscle mass and fat tissue, which are distributed differently in men and women. Analysis of anthropometric measures of peripheral fat distribution such as BC could help in understanding the...

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Main Authors: Vesna Boraska, Aaron Day-Williams, Christopher S Franklin, Katherine S Elliott, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Eva Albrecht, Stefania Bandinelli, Lawrence J Beilin, Murielle Bochud, Gemma Cadby, Florian Ernst, David M Evans, Caroline Hayward, Andrew A Hicks, Jennifer Huffman, Cornelia Huth, Alan L James, Norman Klopp, Ivana Kolcic, Zoltán Kutalik, Debbie A Lawlor, Arthur W Musk, Marina Pehlic, Craig E Pennell, John R B Perry, Annette Peters, Ozren Polasek, Beate St Pourcain, Susan M Ring, Erika Salvi, Sabine Schipf, Jan A Staessen, Alexander Teumer, Nicholas Timpson, Veronique Vitart, Nicole M Warrington, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Tatijana Zemunik, Lina Zgaga, Ping An, Verneri Anttila, Ingrid B Borecki, Jostein Holmen, Ioanna Ntalla, Aarno Palotie, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Juho Wedenoja, Bendik S Winsvold, George V Dedoussis, Jaakko Kaprio, Michael A Province, John-Anker Zwart, Michel Burnier, Harry Campbell, Daniele Cusi, George Davey Smith, Timothy M Frayling, Christian Gieger, Lyle J Palmer, Peter P Pramstaller, Igor Rudan, Henry Völzke, H-Erich Wichmann, Alan F Wright, Eleftheria Zeggini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3315559?pdf=render

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