Obesity susceptibility loci in Qataris, a highly consanguineous Arabian population.
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SUBMITTER: Tomei S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422146 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Obesity susceptibility loci in Qataris, a highly consanguineous Arabian population.
Tomei Sara S Mamtani Ravinder R Al Ali Rashid R Elkum Naser N Abdulmalik Maryam M Ismail Awatef A Cheema Sohaila S Rouh Hekmat A HA Aigha Idil I II Hani Fatima F Al-Samraye Sura S Taher Aseel Mona M El Emadi Nada N Al Mujalli Azza A Abdelkerim Ahmed A Youssif Siddik S Worschech Andrea A El Sebakhy Emad E Temanni Ramzi R Khanna Vineesh V Wang Ena E Kizhakayil Dhanya D Al-Thani Al-Anood AA Al-Thani Mohammed M Lowenfels Albert A Marincola Francesco M FM Sheikh Javaid J Chouchane Lotfi L
Journal of translational medicine 20150413
<h4>Objectives</h4>In Qataris, a population characterized by a small size and a high rate of consanguinity, between two-thirds to three-quarters of adults are overweight or obese. We investigated the relevance of 23 obesity-related loci in the Qatari population.<h4>Methods</h4>Eight-hundred-four individuals assessed to be third generation Qataris were included in the study and assigned to 3 groups according to their body mass index (BMI): 190 lean (BMI < 25 kg/m(2)); 131 overweight (25 kg/m(2) ≤ ...[more]
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