Obesity-susceptibility loci have a limited influence on birth weight: a meta-analysis of up to 28,219 individuals

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  • Oskari Kilpeläinen, Tuomas
  • Marcel den Hoed
  • Ken K Ong
  • Anders Grøntved
  • Soren Brage
  • Karen Jameson
  • Cyrus Cooper
  • Kay-Tee Khaw
  • Ulf Ekelund
  • Nicholas J Wareham
  • Ruth J F Loos
  • Early Growth Genetics Consortium
High birth weight is associated with adult body mass index (BMI). We hypothesized that birth weight and BMI may partly share a common genetic background.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume93
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)851-60
Number of pages10
ISSN0002-9165
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2011

    Research areas

  • Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alleles, Birth Weight, Body Mass Index, Female, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Membrane Transport Proteins, Middle Aged, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins, Mitochondrial Proteins, Obesity, Proteins, Young Adult

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