Trans-ethnic analysis of metabochip data identifies two new loci associated with BMI.
J GongK K NishimuraL Fernandez-RhodesJ HaesslerS BienM GraffU LimY LuM GrossM FornageS YoneyamaC R IsasiP BuzkovaM DaviglusD-Y LinR TaoR GoodloeW S BushE Farber-EgerJ BostonH H DilksG EhretC C GuC E LewisK-D H NguyenR CooperM LeppertM R IrvinE P BottingerL R WilkensC A HaimanL ParkK R MonroeI ChengD O StramC S CarlsonR JacksonL KullerD HoustonC KooperbergSteven BuyskeL A HindorffD C CrawfordR J F LoosL Le MarchandT C MatiseK E NorthU PetersPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2017)
Conducting studies in genetically diverse populations continues to be a valuable strategy for replicating known loci and uncovering novel BMI associations.