Gene × environment interactions in obesity: The state of the evidence

Human Heredity

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-115

  Ahmad, Shafqat ^a   Varga, Tibor V ^a   Franks, Paul W ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene environment interaction; Obesity; Statistical power; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REPLICATION STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUGAR INTAKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY;

EID: 84885011484     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351070     Document Type: Article

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