Regional variation in health is predominantly driven by lifestyle rather than genetics

Health-related traits are known to vary geographically. Here, Amador and colleagues show that regional variation of obesity-related traits in a Scottish population is influenced more by lifestyle differences than it is by genetic differences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carmen Amador, Charley Xia, Réka Nagy, Archie Campbell, David Porteous, Blair H. Smith, Nick Hastie, Veronique Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Pau Navarro, Chris S. Haley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00497-5