Gene by Sex Interaction for Measures of Obesity in the Framingham Heart Study

Obesity is an increasingly prevalent and severe health concern with a substantial heritable component and marked sex differences. We sought to determine if the effect of genetic variants also differed by sex by performing a genome-wide association study modeling the effect of genotype-by-sex interac...

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Main Authors: Ashlee M. Benjamin, Sunil Suchindran, Kaela Pearce, Jennifer Rowell, Lillian F. Lien, John R. Guyton, Jeanette J. McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/329038
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