A genome-wide association study in Japanese identified one variant associated with a preference for a Japanese dietary pattern.
Harumitsu SuzukiYasuyuki NakamuraKeitaro MatsuoNahomi ImaedaChiho GotoAkira NaritaAtsushi ShimizuNaoyuki TakashimaKenji MatsuiKatsuyuki MiuraMasahiro NakatochiAsahi HishidaTakashi TamuraYuka KadomatsuRieko OkadaYuichiro NishidaChisato ShimanoeDaisaku NishimotoToshiro TakezakiIsao OzeHidemi ItoHiroaki IkezakiMasayuki MurataDaisuke MatsuiEtsuko OzakiHaruo MikamiYohko NakamuraSadao SuzukiMiki WatanabeKokichi ArisawaHirokazu UemuraKiyonori KurikiYukihide MomozawaMichiaki KuboYoshikuni KitaKenji TakeuchiKenji WakaiPublished in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2020)
We found a new SNP that was associated with the Japanese food score in a Japanese population. This SNP is inversely associated with genes link to olfaction and obesity.