FTO gene variation and measures of body mass in an African population

BACKGROUND: Variation in the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene has been reproducibly associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in populations of White European origin. Data from Asians and African-Americans is less conclusive. METHODS: We assessed the effect of 16 FTO polymorphisms...

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Autores principales: Hennig, Branwen J, Fulford, Anthony J, Sirugo, Giorgio, Rayco-Solon, Pura, Hattersley, Andrew T, Frayling, Timothy M, Prentice, Andrew M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19265514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19265514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-21

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