Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimates of Body Mass Index Related Phenotypes in Bangladeshi Adults

Molly Scannell Bryan; Maria Argos; Brandon Pierce; Lin Tong; Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman; Alauddin Ahmed; Mahfuzar Rahman; Tariqul Islam; Muhammad Yunus; Faruque Parvez; Shantanu Roy; Farzana Jasmine; John A. Baron; Muhammad G. Kibriya; Habibul Ahsan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105062

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Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimates of Body Mass Index Related Phenotypes in Bangladeshi Adults

Molly Scannell Bryan,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Maria Argos,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Brandon Pierce,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Lin Tong,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman,

Affiliation UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Alauddin Ahmed,

Affiliation UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mahfuzar Rahman,

Affiliation UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Tariqul Islam,

Affiliation UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Muhammad Yunus,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Faruque Parvez,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Shantanu Roy,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Farzana Jasmine,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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John A. Baron,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Muhammad G. Kibriya,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Habibul Ahsan

* E-mail: habib@uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimates of Body Mass Index Related Phenotypes in Bangladeshi Adults

Molly Scannell Bryan,
Maria Argos,
Brandon Pierce,
Lin Tong,
Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman,
Alauddin Ahmed,
Mahfuzar Rahman,
Tariqul Islam,
Muhammad Yunus,
Faruque Parvez

Published: August 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105062

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