Education modulates the association of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism with body mass index and obesity risk in the Mediterranean population

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 651-658

  Corella, D ^a,b   Carrasco, P ^a,b   Sorli J V ^a,b   Coltell, O ^c   Ortega Azorin C ^a,b   Guillen M ^a,b   Gonzalez J I ^a,b   Saiz C ^a,b   Estruch, R ^b,d   Ordovas, J M ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational level; FTO; Mediterranean; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864031074     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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