A genome-wide association study of body mass index across early life and childhood

Background: Several studies have investigated the effect of known adult body mass index (BMI) associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on BMI in childhood. There has been no genome-wide association study (GWAS) of BMI trajectories over childhood.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Warrington, Nicole M, Howe, Laura D, Paternoster, Lavinia, Kaakinen, Marika, Herrala, Sauli, Huikari, Ville, Wu, Yan Yan, Kemp, John P, Timpson, Nicholas J, Pourcain, Beate St, Davey Smith, George, Tilling, Kate, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Pennell, Craig E, Evans, David M, Lawlor, Debbie A, Briollais, Laurent, Palmer, Lyle J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4469798/