The common rs9939609 variant of the fat mass and obesity-associated gene is associated with obesity risk in children and adolescents of Beijing, China

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Xi, Bo ^a   Shen, Yue ^b   Zhang, Meixian ^a   Liu, Xin ^b   Zhao, Xiaoyuan ^a   Wu, Lijun ^b   Cheng, Hong ^a   Hou, Dongqing ^a   Lindpaintner, Klaus ^c   Liu, Lisheng ^b   Mi, Jie ^a   Wang, Xingyu ^b  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b Beijing Hypertension League Institute   (China)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955377697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-107     Document Type: Article

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