Prospective analysis of the association of a common variant of FTO (rs9939609) with adiposity in children: results of the IDEFICS study.

<h4>Objectives</h4>We investigated cross-sectionally and longitudinally the relationship between FTO rs9939609 and obesity-related characteristics in the European children of the IDEFICS project and the interaction of this variant with a lifestyle intervention.<h4>Population and me...

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Main Authors: Fabio Lauria, Alfonso Siani, Karin Bammann, Ronja Foraita, Inge Huybrechts, Licia Iacoviello, Anna C Koni, Yannis Kourides, Staffan Marild, Denes Molnar, Luis A Moreno, Iris Pigeot, Yannis P Pitsiladis, Toomas Veidebaum, Paola Russo, IDEFICS Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23155422/?tool=EBI