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Discrimination Exposure and Polygenic Risk for Obesity in Adulthood: Testing Gene-Environment Correlations and Interactions.
Lifestyle genomics - 1 Jan 2023
Cuevas Adolfo G, Mann Frank D, Krueger Robert F
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INTRODUCTION: Exposure to discrimination has emerged as a risk factor for obesity. It remains unclear, however, whether the genotype of the individual can modulate the sensitivity or response to discrimination exposure (gene × environment interaction) or increase the likelihood of experiencing discrimination (gene-environment correlation). METHODS: This was an observational study of 4,102 white/European Americans...
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