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Interactions of genetic and environmental risk factors with respect to body fat mass in children: results from the ALSPAC study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jun 2013
Riedel Christina, von Kries Rüdiger, Fenske Nora, Strauch Konstantin, Ness Andrew R, Beyerlein Andreas
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if percentile-specific effects of genetic, environmental and lifestyle obesity risk factors on body mass index (BMI) might reflect gene-environment interactions with respect to the development of overweight. DESIGN AND METHODS: Retrospective study with data of 2,346 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), using quantile regression with body fat mass index...
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