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Obesity, central adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: a family-based study.
Pediatric obesity - 1 Jun 2014
Ali Omar, Cerjak Diana, Kent Jack W, James Roland, Blangero John, Zhang Yi
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess genetic and phenotypic correlations of obesity-related cardiometabolic risk factors in a family-based cohort. METHODS: Anthropometric, body composition and biochemical measurements were collected on 999 members of 111 extended Midwestern US families of Northern European origin. Forward stepwise regression was used to identify which of Tanner stage, sex, Tanner...
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