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Early community context, genes, and youth body mass index trajectories: an investigation of gene-community interplay over early life course.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine - 1 Sept 2013
Wickrama Kandauda K A S, O'Neal Catherine Walker, Lee Tae Kyoung
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PURPOSE: To investigate additive and interactive influences of community adversity and cumulative genetic sensitivity on youth body mass index (BMI) trajectories over adolescence and young adulthood. METHODS: We used latent growth curve modeling to examine BMI trajectories over three waves (1995, 2001, and 2008) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 14,563). We measured genetic sensitivity...
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