The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHR
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1005378
JournalPLoS Genetics
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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