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Genetic and environmental (physical fitness and sedentary activity) interaction effects on cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican American children and adolescents.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jun 2018
Arya Rector, Farook Vidya S, Fowler Sharon P, Puppala Sobha, Chittoor Geetha, Resendez Roy G, Mummidi Srinivas, Vanamala Jairam, Almasy Laura, Curran Joanne E, Comuzzie Anthony G, Lehman Donna M, Jenkinson Christopher P, Lynch Jane L, DeFronzo Ralph A, Blangero John, Hale Daniel E, Duggirala Ravindranath, Diego Vincent P
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge on genetic and environmental (G × E) interaction effects on cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) in children is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of G × E interaction effects on CMRFs in Mexican American (MA) children (n = 617, ages 6-17 years). The environments examined were sedentary activity (SA), assessed by recalls from "yesterday" (SAy) and "usually" (SAu) and physical...
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