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Lifestyle interaction with fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) genotype and risk of obesity in apparently healthy U.S. women.
Diabetes care - 1 Mar 2011
Ahmad Tariq, Lee I-Min, Paré Guillaume, Chasman Daniel I, Rose Lynda, Ridker Paul M, Mora Samia
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OBJECTIVE: Variation in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene is associated with obesity. The extent to which separate and combined effects of physical activity and caloric intake modify this association remains unclear. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: FTO polymorphism rs8050136 was measured, and physical activity, caloric intake, and anthropometrics were self-reported in 21,675 apparently healthy Caucasian...
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