Association of PCSK1 rs6234 with obesity and related traits in a Chinese Han population.

Common variants in PCSK1 have been reported to be associated with obesity in populations of European origin. We aimed to replicate this association in Chinese.Two PCSK1 variants rs6234 and rs6235 (in strong LD with each other, r(2) = 0.98) were genotyped in a population-based cohort of 3,210 Chinese...

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Main Authors: Qibin Qi, Huaixing Li, Ruth J F Loos, Chen Liu, Frank B Hu, Hongyu Wu, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2871798?pdf=render