Genetic Influences on Growth Traits of BMI: A Longitudinal Study of Adult Twins
Obesity2008Vol. 16(4), pp. 847–852
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Jacob Hjelmborg, Corrado Fagnani, Karri Silventoinen, Matt McGue, Maarit Korkeila, Kaare Christensen, Aila Rissanen, Jaakko Kaprio
Abstract
Our population-based results provide a basis for identifying genetic variants for change in BMI, in particular weight gain. Furthermore, they demonstrate for the first time that such genetic variants for change in BMI are likely to be different from those affecting level of BMI.
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