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- Title
Appetite regulation genes are associated with body mass index in black South African adolescents: a genetic association study.
- Authors
Lombard, Zané; Crowther, Nigel J; van der Merwe, Lize; Pitamber, Punita; Norris, Shane A; Ramsay, Michèle
- Abstract
Obesity is a complex trait with both environmental and genetic contributors. Genome-wide association studies have identified several variants that are robustly associated with obesity and body mass index (BMI), many of which are found within genes involved in appetite regulation. Currently, genetic association data for obesity are lacking in Africans-a single genome-wide association study and a few replication studies have been published in West Africa, but none have been performed in a South African population.
- Publication
BMJ open, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 3
- ISSN
2044-6055
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000873