Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women.

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Published in PLoS Genet on May 10, 2012

Authors

Caroline S Fox1, Yongmei Liu, Charles C White, Mary Feitosa, Albert V Smith, Nancy Heard-Costa, Kurt Lohman, GIANT Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Andrew D Johnson, Meredith C Foster, Danielle M Greenawalt, Paula Griffin, Jinghong Ding, Anne B Newman, Fran Tylavsky, Iva Miljkovic, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Lenore Launer, Melissa Garcia, Gudny Eiriksdottir, J Jeffrey Carr, Vilmunder Gudnason, Tamara B Harris, L Adrienne Cupples, Ingrid B Borecki

Author Affiliations

1: Framingham Heart Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America. foxca@nhlbi.nih.gov

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