Association between a common variant near MC4R and change in body mass index develops by two weeks of age

Clive J Petry,Abel Lopez-Bermejo,Marta Díaz,Giorgia Sebastiani,Ken K. Ong,Francis de Zegher,David B. Dunger,Lourdes Ibanez

Association between a common variant near MC4R and change in body mass index develops by two weeks of age

2010

Clive J Petry
Abel Lopez-Bermejo
Marta Díaz
Giorgia Sebastiani
Ken K. Ong
Francis de Zegher
David B. Dunger
Lourdes Ibanez

Background/Aims: The common polymorphism rs17782313 lying 188 kb downstream of the MC4R gene has recently been found to be unequivocally associated with body mass

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Obesity
Weight gain
Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Body mass index
Genotype
Indexation
Genetics
Lean body mass
Biology
Body weight
Lying
statistical analysis
Allele
Polymorphism (computer science)

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