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Influence of SNP*SNP interaction on BMI in European American adolescents: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
Pediatric obesity - 1 Apr 2016
Young K L, Graff M, North K E, Richardson A S, Bradfield J P, Grant S F A, Lange L A, Lange E M, Harris K M, Gordon-Larsen P
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BACKGROUND: Adolescent obesity is predictive of future weight gain, obesity and adult onset severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg m(-2) ). Despite successful efforts to identify Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) influencing BMI, <5% of the 40-80% heritability of the phenotype has been...
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