Body mass index is associated with the maternal lines but height is heritable across family lines in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study

OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity is a problem in children in particular and determining pathways of transmission is important in prevention. We aimed to examine associations for body mass index (BMI) across three generations of the same families. PARTICIPANTS: Members of 556 families in the Lifewa...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Gabrielle E, Murrin, Celine, Viljoen, Karien, O'Brien, John, Kelleher, Cecily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25518873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005732

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25518873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005732

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