Sex-dependent associations of genetic variants identified by GWAS with indices of adiposity and obesity risk in a Chinese children population

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-528

  Xi, Bo ^a,b   Shen, Yue ^a   Reilly, Kathleen Heather ^c   Zhao, Xiaoyuan ^a   Cheng, Hong ^a   Hou, Dongqing ^a   Wang, Xingyu ^d   Mi, Jie ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

^d Beijing Hypertension League Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROTEINS; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883537650     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12091     Document Type: Article

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