Age- and sex-dependent association between FTO rs9939609 and obesity-related traits in Chinese children and adolescents.

The associations between common variants in the fat mass- and obesity-associated (FTO) gene and obesity-related traits may be age-dependent and may differ by sex. The present study aimed to assess the association of FTO rs9939609 with body mass index (BMI) and the risk of obesity from childhood to a...

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Main Authors: Meixian Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Hong Cheng, Liang Wang, Bo Xi, Yue Shen, Dongqing Hou, Jie Mi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4020831?pdf=render