European lactase persistence genotype shows evidence of association with increase in body mass index

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1129-1136

  Kettunen, Johannes ^a,b,c   Silander, Kaisa ^b,c   Saarela, Olli ^b   Amin, Najaf ^e   Müller, Martina ^f,g,h   Timpson, Nicholas ⁱ   Surakka, Ida ^b,c   Ripatti, Samuli ^b,c   Laitinen, Jaana ^j   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^k   Pouta, Anneli ^k   Lahermo, Päivi ^d   Anttila, Verneri ^a   Männistö, Satu ^b   Jula, Antti ^b   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Lehtimäki, Terho ^l   Raitakari, Olli ^m   Gieger, Christian ^g   Wichmann, Erich H ^f,g,h   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^e   Smith, George Davey ^f   McCarthy, Mark I ^n,o   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,k,p   Perola, Markus ^b,c,d   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b,c,d,q   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FIMM   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^l TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTASE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77950663235     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp561     Document Type: Article

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