Y J Sung, L Pérusse, M A Sarzynski, M Fornage, S Sidney, B Sternfeld, T Rice, J G Terry, D R Jacobs, P Katzmarzyk, J E Curran, J Jeffrey Carr, J Blangero, S Ghosh, J-P Després, T Rankinen, D C Rao, C Bouchard
BACKGROUND: To identify loci associated with abdominal fat and replicate prior findings, we performed genome-wide association (GWA) studies of abdominal fat traits: subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT); visceral adipose tissue (VAT); total adipose tissue (TAT) and visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio (VSR). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Sex-combined and sex-stratified analyses were performed on each trait with (TRAIT-BMI) or without (TRAIT) adjustment for body mass index (BMI), and cohort-specific results were combined via a fixed effects meta-analysis...
April 2016: International Journal of Obesity