Genetic underpinnings of regional adiposity distribution in African Americans: Assessments from the Jackson Heart Study

African ancestry individuals with comparable overall anthropometric measures to Europeans have lower abdominal adiposity. To explore the genetic underpinning of different adiposity patterns, we investigated whether genetic risk scores for well-studied adiposity phenotypes like body mass index (BMI)...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 8; p. e0255609
Main Authors:	Anwar, Mohammad Y., Raffield, Laura M., Lange, Leslie A., Correa, Adolfo, Taylor, Kira C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco Public Library of Science 04.08.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adipose tissue African Americans Biology and Life Sciences Body fat Body mass Body mass index Body size Gene loci Genetic aspects Genetic diversity Genetic variance Genomes Genotype & phenotype Health aspects Health risk assessment Health risks Information science Medicine and Health Sciences Minority & ethnic groups Obesity Phenotypes Physiological aspects Population Public health Sample size United States Louisville Kentucky United States > US Mississippi
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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