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Comparison between two analytic strategies to detect linkage to obesity with genetically determined age of onset: the Framingham Heart Study.
BMC genetics - 31 Dec 2003
Engelman Corinne D, Brady Heather L, Baron Anna E, Norris Jill M
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BACKGROUND: Genes have been found to influence the age of onset of several diseases and traits. The occurrence of many chronic diseases, obesity included, appears to be strongly age-dependent. However, an analysis of potential age of onset genes for obesity has yet to be reported. There are at least two analytic methods for determining an age of onset gene. The first is to consider a person affected if they...
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