Interaction between Social/Psychosocial Factors and Genetic Variants on Body Mass Index: A Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis in a Longitudinal Setting

Obesity, which develops over time, is one of the leading causes of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease. However, hundreds of BMI (body mass index)-associated genetic loci identified through large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) only explain about 2.7% of BMI variation. Most...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Wei, Ware, Erin B., He, Zihuai, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28961216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14101153

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28961216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14101153

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