Association of a body mass index genetic risk score with growth throughout childhood and adolescence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Warrington, Nicole M ^a,b   Howe, Laura D ^c   Wu, Yan Yan ^b   Timpson, Nicholas J ^c   Tilling, Kate ^c   Pennell, Craig E ^a   Newnham, John ^a   Davey Smith, George ^c   Palmer, Lyle J ^b,d   Beilin, Lawrence J ^e   Lye, Stephen J ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c   Briollais, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893157363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079547     Document Type: Article

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