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SUBMITTER: McDonald MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5476850 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McDonald Merry-Lynn Noelle MN Won Sungho S Mattheisen Manuel M Castaldi Peter J PJ Cho Michael H MH Rutten Erica E Hardin Megan M Yip Wai-Ki WK Rennard Stephen I SI Lomas David A DA Wouters Emiel F M EFM Agusti Alvar A Casaburi Richard R Lange Christoph P CP O'Connor George G Hersh Craig P CP Silverman Edwin K EK
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 20170102 3
<h4>Background</h4>There have been a number of candidate gene association studies of cancer cachexia-related traits, but no genome-wide association study (GWAS) has been published to date. Cachexia presents in patients with a number of complex traits, including both cancer and COPD. The objective of the current investigation was to search for a shared genetic aetiology for change in body mass index (ΔBMI) among cancer and COPD by using GWAS data in the Framingham Heart Study.<h4>Methods</h4>A li ...[more]