Genome-wide association study of habitual physical activity in over 377,000 UK Biobank participants identifies multiple variants including CADM2 and APOE

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1161-1176

  Klimentidis, Yann C ^a   Raichlen, David A ^a   Bea, Jennifer ^a,b   Garcia, David O ^a   Wineinger, Nathan E ^c   Mandarino, Lawrence J ^b   Alexander, Gene E ^a,d   Chen, Zhao ^a   Going, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADM2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HABIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85048458603     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0120-3     Document Type: Article

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