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Genotype by sex and genotype by age interactions with sedentary behavior: the Portuguese Healthy Family Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Santos Daniel M V, Katzmarzyk Peter T, Diego Vincent P, Blangero John, Souza Michele C, Freitas Duarte L, Chaves Raquel N, Gomes Thayse N, Santos Fernanda K, Maia José A R
Abstract excerpt
Sedentary behavior (SB) expression and its underlying causal factors have been progressively studied, as it is a major determinant of decreased health quality. In the present study we applied Genotype x Age (GxAge) and Genotype x Sex (GxSex) interaction methods to determine if the phenotypic expression of different SB traits is influenced by an interaction between genetic architecture and both age and sex. A...
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