MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Is the adiposity-associated FTO gene variant related to all-cause mortality independent of adiposity? Meta-analysis of data from 169,551 Caucasian adults.

Zimmermann E, Ängquist LH, Mirza SS, Zhao JH, Chasman DI, Fischer K, Qi Q, Smith AV, Thinggaard M, Jarczok MN, Nalls MA, Trompet S, Timpson NJ, Schmidt B, Jackson AU, Lyytikäinen LP, Verweij N, Mueller-Nurasyid M, Vikström M, Marques-Vidal P, Wong A, Meidtner K, Middelberg RP, Strawbridge RJ, Christiansen L, FTO-Mortality Collaborating Group, Kyvik KO, Hamsten A, Jääskeläinen T, Tjønneland A, Eriksson JG, Whitfield JB, Boeing H, Hardy R, Vollenweider P, Leander K, Peters A, van der Harst P, Kumari M, Lehtimäki T, Meirhaeghe A, Tuomilehto J, Jöckel KH, Ben-Shlomo Y, Sattar N, Baumeister SE, Smith GD, Casas JP, Houston DK, März W, Christensen K, Gudnason V, Hu FB, Metspalu A, Ridker PM, Wareham NJ, Loos RJF, Tiemeier H, Sonestedt E, Sørensen TIA

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12263)

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