Replication of 13 obesity loci among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Asian-Indian populations

Dorajoo R 1 , Blakemore AI , Sim X , Ong RT , Ng DP , Seielstad M Show all authors , Wong TY , Saw SM , Froguel P , Liu J , Tai ES

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  • 1 Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore
Int J Obes (Lond), 2012 Jan;36(1):159-63.
PMID: 21544081 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.86

Abstract

Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 38 obesity-associated loci among European populations. However, their contribution to obesity in other ethnicities is largely unknown.

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