Detailed analysis of variants in FTO in association with body composition in a cohort of 70-year-olds suggests a weakened effect among elderly

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Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Almén, Markus Sällman ^a   Benedict, Christian ^a   Hedberg, Lilia A ^b   Michaëlsson, Karl ^a   Brooks, Samantha ^a   Kullberg, Joel ^a   Axelsson, Tomas ^a   Johansson, Lars ^a,c   Ahlström, Håkan ^a   Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Lind, Lars ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957600212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020158     Document Type: Article

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