Education modifies genetic and environmental influences on BMI

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^c   Skytthe, Axel ^c   Deary, Ian J ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251648839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016290     Document Type: Article

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