No association of obesity gene FTO with body composition at the age of 6 months. The Generation R Study

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Mook Kanamori, D O ^a   Ay, L ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Moll, H A ^a   Raat, H ^a   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a   Jaddoe, V W V ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; DXA scan; Infancy; Obesity gene FTO; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 79955420832     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/7075     Document Type: Article

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