# characteristics.description[].text
Human_blood_131 - This sample was derived from human 131

# characteristics.submission description[].text
We presented a bivariate twin study to determine the genetic variants associated with body mass index and waist hip ratio, and explore the obesity-related pathway in Northern Han Chinese.Genomic DNA was extracted from whole peripheral blood. Genotyping of 278 eligible DNA samples from 139 DZ twin pairs were performed by using the Infinium Omni2.5Exome-8v1.2 genotyping BeadChips (Illumina Inc, San Diego, USA).

# characteristics.submission title[].text
Bivariate genome-wide association analysis of BMI and WHR in Chinese twins 1

# organization[].Address
"NO.38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China"