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Reduced genetic influence on childhood obesity in small for gestational age children.
BMC medical genetics - 22 Jan 2013
Han Dug Yeo, Murphy Rinki, Morgan Angharad R, Lam Wen Jiun, Thompson John M D, Wall Clare R, Waldie Karen E, Mitchell Edwin A, Ferguson Lynnette R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Children born small-for-gestational-age (SGA) are at increased risk of developing obesity and metabolic diseases later in life, a risk which is magnified if followed by accelerated postnatal growth. We investigated whether common gene variants associated with adult obesity were associated with increased postnatal growth, as measured by BMI z-score, in children born SGA and appropriate for gestational...
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