FTO risk haplotype among early onset and severe obesity cases in a population of Western Spain

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 909-915

  González, Juan R ^a   González Carpio, Marta ^b   Hernández Sáez, Rosario ^c   Serrano Vargas, Victoria ^c   Hidalgo, Guadalupe Torres ^c   Rubio Rodrigo, Marta ^b   García Nogales, Ana ^d   Ñez Estévez, Manuela ^c   Luengo Pérez, Luis M ^c   Rodríguez López, Raquel ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^c Extremadura Obesity Observatory (OBEXO)   (Spain)

^d Public Health System of Extremadura   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84859210114     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.325     Document Type: Article

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