Variants Near MC4R Are Associated With Obesity and Influence Obesity-Related Quantitative Traits in a Population of Middle-Aged People: Studies of 14,940 Danes

OBJECTIVE— Variants downstream of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) have been reported to associate with obesity. We examined rs17782313, rs17700633, rs12970134, rs477181, rs502933, and rs4450508 near MC4R for association with obesity-related quantitative traits, obesity, and type 2 diabetes i...

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Main Authors: Zobel, Dorit P., Andreasen, Camilla H., Grarup, Niels, Eiberg, Hans, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Sandbæk, Annelli, Lauritzen, Torsten, Borch-Johnsen, Knut, Jørgensen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Hansen, Torben
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Language:Inglês
Published: American Diabetes Association 2009
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Genetics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646077/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19073769
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db08-0620
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