The Association of FTO SNP rs9939609 with Weight Gain at University

Obesity Facts

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-251

  Meisel, Susanne F ^a   Beeken, Rebecca J ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FTO; Genetic test feedback; Genetics; University; Weight gain; Young adult

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; ENGLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936976889     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000434733     Document Type: Article

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