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Fat-mass and obesity-associated gene variant and changes of body mass index from ages 3 to 13 years.
Obesity research & clinical practice - 1 Jan 2000
Shinozaki Keiko, Okuda Masayuki, Hinoda Yuji, Okayama Naoko, Fukuda Tomoko, Kunitsugu Ichiro
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OBJECTIVE: The effect of the fat-mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene minor allele on the change of adiposity from childhood to adolescence among Asians remains unclear, and is expected to differ among the developmental stages from childhood to adolescence. We assessed the relationship between a FTO variant and changes in body mass index (BMI) between 3 and 13 years of age among Japanese. METHODS: Subjects were...
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