Article
Genotype by energy expenditure interaction with metabolic syndrome traits: the Portuguese healthy family study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Santos Daniel M V, Katzmarzyk Peter T, Diego Vincent P, Souza Michele C, Chaves Raquel N, Blangero John, Maia José A R
Abstract excerpt
Moderate-to-high levels of physical activity are established as preventive factors in metabolic syndrome development. However, there is variability in the phenotypic expression of metabolic syndrome under distinct physical activity conditions. In the present study we applied a Genotype X Environment interaction method to examine the presence of GxEE interaction in the phenotypic expression of metabolic syndrome....
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