NIDDK Central Repository - A novel locus for body mass index on 5p15.2: a meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.gene.2012.03.046

PubMed ID

22446040

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2012

Affiliation

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. wangk@etsu.edu

Authors

Callahan K, Liu X, Pan Y, Wang KS, Zeng M, Zheng S

Studies

FUSION

Citation

Wang KS, Liu X, Zheng S, Zeng M, Pan Y, Callahan K. A novel locus for body mass index on 5p15.2: a meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies. Gene 2012 May 25;500(1):80-4. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

Abstract

Genetic factors play an important role in modulating the vulnerability to body mass index (BMI). The purpose of this study is to identify novel genetic variants for BMI using genome-wide association (GWA) meta-analysis.