The MAP2K5-linked SNP rs2241423 is associated with BMI and obesity in two cohorts of Swedish and Greek children

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rask Andersen, Mathias ^a   Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Moschonis, George ^b   Ek, Anna E ^c   Chrousos, George P ^d   Marcus, Claude ^c   Manios, Yannis ^b   Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e National Childhood Obesity Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Genetics; MAP2K5; Obesity; rs2241423

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 5; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861022282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-36     Document Type: Article

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