Associations of the FTO rs9939609 variant with discrete body fat depots and dietary intake in a multi-ethnic cohort

Genetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-426

  Lear, Scott A ^a   Deng, Wei Q ^b   Parŕ, Guillaume ^b,c   Sulistyoningrum, Dian C ^d   Loos, Ruth J F ^e   Devlin, Angela ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALLELES; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84555163657     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667231100036X     Document Type: Article

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