Height, body mass index, and socioeconomic status: Mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tyrrell, Jessica ^a   Jones, Samuel E ^a   Beaumont, Robin ^a   Astley, Christina M ^b,c   Lovell, Rebecca ^a   Yaghootkar, Hanieh ^a   Tuke, Marcus ^a   Ruth, Katherine S ^a   Freathy, Rachel M ^a   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a,b,d   Wood, Andrew R ^a   Murray, Anna ^a   Weedon, Michael N ^a   Frayling, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960984438     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i582     Document Type: Article

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