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Characterization of genetic and lifestyle factors for determining variation in body mass index, fat mass, percentage of fat mass, and lean mass.
Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry - 1 Jan 2001
Deng H W, Lai D B, Conway T, Li J, Xu F H, Davies K M, Recker R R
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we simultaneously characterized genetic and lifestyle factors (exercise, smoking, and alcohol consumption) in determining variation in body mass index (BMI), fat mass, percentage of fat mass (PFM), and lean mass while adjusting for the effects of age and sex. Six hundred fifty-eight Caucasian individuals from 48 pedigrees were studied for BMI. Among these individuals, 289 from 38 pedigrees were...
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