Replication of 6 obesity genes in a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from diverse ancestries

• Main Authors: Tan L.-J., Zhu H., He H., Wu K.-H., Li J., Chen X.-D., Zhang J.-G., Shen H., Tian Q., Krousel-Wood M., Papasian C.J., Bouchard C., Pérusse L., Deng H.-W.
• Other Authors: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DNA; uncoupling protein 2; ADRB2 gene; African American; article; body fat; body mass; Caucasian; Chinese; CTNNBL1 gene; disease predisposition; DNA polymorphism; ethnic difference; female; FTO gene; gene; gene replication; genetic association; genetic susceptibility; genetic variability; genotype; Hispanic; human; LEPR gene; male; meta analysis; obesity; pathophysiology; phenotype; PPARG gene; sex difference; single nucleotide polymorphism; ucp2 gene; ancestry group; genetic predisposition; genetics; reproducibility; Continental Population Groups; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Obesity; Phenotype; Reproducibility of Results
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161408
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0096149