Genome-wide analysis identifies an african-specific variant in SEMA4D associated with body mass index.
Chen G, Doumatey AP, Zhou J et al.
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Objective: The prevalence of obesity varies between ethnic groups. No genome-wide association study (GWAS) for body mass index (BMI) has been conducted in continental Africans.
1,570 West African individuals
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