Article
FTO genotype, vitamin D status, and weight gain during childhood.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 2014
Lourenço Barbara H, Qi Lu, Willett Walter C, Cardoso Marly A
Abstract excerpt
Previous evidence suggests that variants in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) affect adiposity in an age-dependent fashion in children, and nutritional factors may modify genotype effects. We assessed the effect of FTO rs9939609 on BMI and BMI-for-age Z score changes during childhood in a population-based longitudinal study in the Brazilian Amazon and investigated whether these effects were modified...
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