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How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? A 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank.
BMC medicine - 10 Jun 2024
Zhang Mengrong, Ward Joey, Strawbridge Rona J, Celis-Morales Carlos, Pell Jill P, Lyall Donald M, Ho Frederick K
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BACKGROUND: Obesity and central obesity are multifactorial conditions with genetic and non-genetic (lifestyle and environmental) contributions. There is incomplete understanding of whether lifestyle modifies the translation from respective genetic risks into phenotypic obesity and central obesity, and to what extent genetic predisposition to obesity and central obesity is mediated via lifestyle factors. METHODS:...
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