Modeling genetic and environmental factors in biological systems using structural equation modeling: An application to energy balance

OCCBIO'09: 2009 Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-8

  Nock, Nora L ^a   Li, Li ^a   Elston, Robert C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological systems; FTO; LEPR; Obesity; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE GENES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; COMPLEX DISEASE; CORRELATION STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ENERGY IMBALANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FAT MASS; FTO; GENE CONSTRUCTS; INDIRECT PATHS; LEPR; LEPTIN RECEPTORS; MODELING CONSTRUCT; MULTIPLE FACTORS; MULTIPLE VARIANTS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REDUCED MODEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRITION;

MODELS;

EID: 70350407501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCCBIO.2009.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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