A common variant in the FTO locus is associated with waist-hip ratio in Indian adolescents

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Vasan, S K ^a,b   Fall, T ^a   Job, V ^b   Gu, H F ^a   Ingelsson, E ^a   Brismar, K ^a   Karpe, F ^c,d   Thomas, N ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; FTO; Indians; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; NEAR MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR 4 GENE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84885198532     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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