The Genome-Wide Influence on Human BMI Depends on Physical Activity, Life Course, and Historical Period

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1651-1670

  Guo, Guang ^a,b   Liu, Hexuan ^a,b   Wang, Ling ^c   Shen, Haipeng ^c   Hu, Wen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age effect; Gene environment interaction for obesity; Genome wide genotype; Obesity; Period effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944513010     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0421-2     Document Type: Article

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