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Physical activity modifies genetic susceptibility to obesity in postmenopausal women.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2018
Ochs-Balcom Heather M, Preus Leah, Nie Jing, Wactawski-Wende Jean, Agyemang Linda, Neuhouser Marian L, Tinker Lesley, Zheng Cheng, Kazlauskaite Rasa, Qi Lihong, Sucheston-Campbell Lara E
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OBJECTIVE: We conducted a gene-environment interaction study to evaluate whether the association of body mass index (BMI) associated meta genome-wide association study single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (as a genetic risk score) and BMI is modified by physical activity and age. METHODS: In 8,206 women of European ancestry from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), we used linear regression to examine main...
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