The effects of genetic variation in FTO rs9939609 on obesity and dietary preferences in Chinese Han children and adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Min ^a   Xu, Yuyang ^a,b   Liang, Li ^c   Fu, Junfen ^a   Xiong, Feng ^d   Liu, Geli ^e   Gong, Chunxiu ^f   Luo, Feihong ^g   Chen, Shaoke ^h   Xu, Chunxiao ^a   Zhang, Dandan ^a   Li, Zhengli ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Hao ^h   Zhu, Yimin ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84905843072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104574     Document Type: Article

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