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Individual and shared effects of social environment and polygenic risk scores on adolescent body mass index.
Scientific reports - 20 Apr 2018
Coleman Jonathan R I, Krapohl Eva, Eley Thalia C, Breen Gerome
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile obesity is associated with adverse health outcomes. Understanding genetic and environmental influences on body mass index (BMI) during adolescence could inform interventions. We investigated independent and interactive effects of parenting, socioeconomic status (SES) and polygenic risk on BMI pre-adolescence, and on the rate of change in BMI across adolescence. Genome-wide genotype data, BMI and child...
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