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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
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2012.03.046
Authors:
Zeng M,
Pan Y,
Callahan K,
Wang KS,
Liu X,
Zheng S
Studies:
The Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics Study
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.
