Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women

Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women

Body fat distribution, particularly centralized obesity, is associated with metabolic risk above and beyond total adiposity. We performed genome-wide association of abdominal adipose depots quantified using computed tomography (CT) to uncover novel loci for body fat distribution among participants o...

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Main Authors: Fox, C.S (Author), Liu, Y. (Author), White, C.C (Author), Feitosa, M. (Author), Smith, A.V (Author), Heard-Costa, N. (Author), Lohman, K. (Author), Johnson, A.D (Author), Foster, M.C (Author), Greenawalt, D.M (Author), Griffin, P. (Author), Ding, J. (Author), Newman, A.B (Author), Tylavsky, F. (Author), Milijkovic, I. (Author), Kritchevsky, S.B (Author), Launer, L. (Author), Garcia, M. (Author), Eriksdottir, G. (Author), Carr, J.J (Author), Gudnason, V. (Author), Harris, T.B (Author), Cupples, L.A (Author), Borecki, I.B (Author), Cooper, C. (Author), Aihie-Sayer, A. (Author), Syddall, H.E (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2012-05-10.
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