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Contributions of maternal and paternal adiposity and smoking to adult offspring adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the Midspan Family Study
1 Nov 2015
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OBJECTIVE: Obesity has some genetic basis but requires interaction with environmental factors for phenotypic expression. We examined contributions of gender-specific parental adiposity and smoking to adiposity and related cardiovascular risk in adult offspring. DESIGN: Cross-sectional general population survey. SETTING: Scotland. PARTICIPANTS: 1456 of the 1477 first generation families in the Midspan Family...
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