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Genetic risk profiles for a childhood with severe overweight.
Pediatric obesity - 1 Aug 2014
González J R, Estévez M N, Giralt P S, Cáceres A, Pérez L M L, González-Carpio M, Ballester F, Sunyer J, Rodríguez-López R
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was the description of a valid genetic risk score (GRS) to predict individuals with high susceptibility to childhood overweight by their genetic profiles. DESIGN AND METHODS: Case-control study including a group of children with high-risk familial predisposition to morbid obesity. Birth cohort from general population constituted the validation sample. For the discovery...
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