A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry

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Monda, Keri L., Chen, Gary K., Taylor, Kira C., Palmer, Cameron , Edwards, Todd L., Lange, Leslie A., Ng, Maggie C. Y., Adeyemo, Adebowale A. , Allison, Matthew A. , Bielak, Lawrence F., Chen, Guanjie, Graff, Mariaelisa, Irvin, Marguerite R., Rhie, Suhn K., Li, Guo, Liu, Yongmei , Liu, Youfang , Lu, Yingchang, Nalls, Michael A., Sun, Yan V., Wojczynski, Mary K., Yanek, Lisa R., Aldrich, Melinda C., Ademola, Adeyinka, Amos, Christopher I., Bandera, Elisa V. , Bock, Cathryn H., Britton, Angela, Broeckel, Ulrich, Cai, Quiyin, Caporaso, Neil E., Carlson, Chris S., Carpten, John, Casey, Graham, Chen, Wei-Min, Chen, Fang, Chen, Yii-Der I., Chiang, Charleston W. K. , Coetzee, Gerhard A., Demerath, Ellen, Deming-Halverson, Sandra L., Driver, Ryan W., Dubbert, Patricia, Feitosa, Mary F. , Feng, Ye, Freedman, Barry I., Gillanders, Elizabeth M., Gottesman, Omri, Guo, Xiuqing, Haritunians, Talin, Harris, Tamara, Harris, Curtis C., Hennis, Anselm J. M., Hernandez, Dena G., McNeill, Lorna H., Howard, Timothy D., Howard, Barbara V., Howard, Virginia J., Johnson, Karen C., Kang, Sun J., Keating, Brendan J., Kolb, Suzanne, Kuller, Lewis H., Kutlar, Abdullah, Langefeld, Carl D., Lettre, Guillaume, Lohman, Kurt, Lotay, Vaneet, Lyon, Helen, Manson, JoAnn E., Maixner, William, Meng, Yan A., Monroe, Kristine R., Morhason-Bello, Imran, Murphy, Adam B., Mychaleckyj, Josyf C., Nadukuru, Rajiv, Nathanson, Katherine L. , Nayak, Uma, N'Diaye, Amidou, Nemesure, Barbara, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Leske, M. Cristina, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Neuhouser, Marian, Nyante, Sarah, Ochs-Balcom, Heather, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Ogundiran, Temidayo O., Ojengbede, Oladosu, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Palmer, Julie R. , Ruiz-Narvaez, Edward A. , Palmer, Nicholette D. , Press, Michael F., Rampersaud, Evandine, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Rodriguez-Gil, Jorge L., Salako, Babatunde, Schadt, Eric E., Schwartz, Ann G., Shriner, Daniel A. , Siscovick, David, Smith, Shad B., Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Spitz, Margaret R., Sucheston, Lara, Taylor, Herman, Tayo, Bamidele O., Tucker, Margaret A., Van Den Berg, David J. , Edwards, Digna R. Velez, Wang, Zhaoming , Wiencke, John K., Winkler, Thomas W., Witte, John S., Wrensch, Margaret, Wu, Xifeng, Yang, James J., Levin, Albert M., Young, Taylor R., Zakai, Neil A., Cushman, Mary , Zanetti, Krista A., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, Yonglan , Zhou, Jie, Ziegler, Regina G., Zmuda, Joseph M., Fernandes, Jyotika K., Gilkeson, Gary S., Kamen, Diane L., Hunt, Kelly J., Spruill, Ida J., Ambrosone, Christine B., Ambs, Stefan , Arnett, Donna K., Atwood, Larry, Becker, Diane M., Berndt, Sonja I., Bernstein, Leslie, Blot, William J., Borecki, Ingrid B., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Burke, Gregory, Chanock, Stephen J., Cooper, Richard S., Ding, Jingzhong, Duggan, David, Evans, Michele K. , Fox, Caroline, Garvey, W. Timothy, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Hakonarson, Hakon, Grant, Struan F. A. , Hsing, Ann, Chu, Lisa, Hu, Jennifer J., Huo, Dezheng, Ingles, Sue A., John, Esther M., Jordan, Joanne M., Kabagambe, Edmond K., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kittles, Rick A., Goodman, Phyllis J., Klein, Eric A., Kolonel, Laurence N., Le Marchand, Loic, Liu, Simin , McKnight, Barbara, Millikan, Robert C., Mosley, Thomas H., Padhukasahasram, Badri, Williams, L. Keoki, Patel, Sanjay R. , Peters, Ulrike, Pettaway, Curtis A., Peyser, Patricia A., Psaty, Bruce M., Redline, Susan, Rotimi, Charles N., Rybicki, Benjamin A., Sale, Michèle M., Schreiner, Pamela J., Signorello, Lisa B., Singleton, Andrew B., Stanford, Janet L., Strom, Sara S., Thun, Michael J., Vitolins, Mara, Zheng, Wei , Moore, Jason H. , Williams, Scott M., Ketkar, Shamika, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Zonderman, Alan B. , Kooperberg, Charles, Papanicolaou, George J., Henderson, Brian E., Reiner, Alex P., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Loos, Ruth J. F. , North, Kari E. and Haiman, Christopher A. (2013) A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry. Nature Genetics 45 (6), pp. 690-696.

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Item type	Article
Journal or Publication Title	Nature Genetics
Publisher	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Place of Publication	NEW YORK
Volume	45
Number of Issue or Book Chapter	6
Page Range	pp. 690-696
Date	2013
Date of publication	19 Dec 2024 08:39
Institutions	Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin
Identification Number	Value Type 10.1038/ng.2608 DOI
Keywords	GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; MULTILOCUS GENOTYPE DATA; COMMON VARIANTS; POSITIVE SELECTION; SEQUENCE VARIANTS; HUMAN-POPULATIONS; GENETIC-VARIATION; ADULT OBESITY; FTO GENE; RISK
Dewey Decimal Classification	600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Status	Published
Refereed	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg	Partially
Item ID	62533

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