Gene–obesogenic environment interactions in the UK Biobank study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 559-575

  Tyrrell, Jessica ^a   Wood, Andrew R ^a   Ames, Ryan M ^b   Yaghootkar, Hanieh ^a   Beaumont, Robin N ^a   Jones, Samuel E ^a   Tuke, Marcus A ^a   Ruth, Katherine S ^a   Freathy, Rachel M ^a,c   Smith, George Davey ^c   Joost, Stéphane ^d   Guessous, Idris ^e,f,g   Murray, Anna ^a   Strachan, David P ^h   Kutalik, Zoltan ^i,j   Weedon, Michael N ^a   Frayling, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^j SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Body mass index; Gene environment; Obesogenic environment; Social deprivation; UK Biobank

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN DIET; AGED; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85018417193     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw337     Document Type: Article

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