Associations of Obesity Genes with Obesity-related Outcomes in Multiethnic Children

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Klimentidis, Yann C ^a   Chen, Guo Bo ^a   López Alarcón, Mardia ^b   Harris, Jacqueline J ^a   Duarte, Christine W ^a   Fernández, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genetic risk score; GWAS; Multiethnic children; Obesity genes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIETHNICITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 82855171051     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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