Sweet taste perception is associated with body mass index at the phenotypic and genotypic level

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 465-471

  Hwang, Liang Dar ^a,b   Cuellar Partida, Gabriel ^a,b   Ong, Jue Sheng ^a,b   Breslin, Paul A S ^c,d   Reed, Danielle R ^c   Macgregor, Stuart ^a   Gharahkhani, Puya ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Rentería, Miguel E ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; genetic risk; longitudinal analysis; sweetness; taste perception; twin study

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; NEOHESPERIDINE DIHYDROCHALCONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEETNESS; TASTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SIBLINGS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE PERCEPTION; TWINS;

EID: 84982995013     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2016.60     Document Type: Article

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