Diabetes-Specific Genetic Effects on Obesity Traits in American Indian Populations: The Strong Heart Family Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Franceschini
Laura Almasy
Jean W. MacCluer
Harald H. H. Göring
Shelley A. Cole
et al.
BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 9, October 2008, pp. 1471-2350
Description
Results of the Strong Heart Family Study suggest distinct genetic effects on body mass in individuals with diabetes compared to non-diabetics and a possible role for one or more genes on chromosome I in the pathogenesis of obesity.