Inverse relationship between a genetic risk score of 31 BMI loci and weight change before and after reaching middle age.

Summary, in English

Genome-wide-association studies have identified numerous BMI-associated variants, but it is unclear how these relate to weight gain in adults at different ages.

• Author: Gull Rukh; Shafqat Ahmad; Ulrika Ericson; George Hindy; Tanja Stocks; Frida Renström; Peter Almgren; Peter Nilsson; Olle Melander; Paul Franks; Marju Orho-Melander
• Department/s: EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health; Diabetes - Cardiovascular Disease; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; Translational Muscle Research; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension
• Publishing year: 2015-09-16
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: International Journal of Obesity
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26374450?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2015.180
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Topic: Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Status: Published
• Research group: Diabetes - Cardiovascular Disease; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1476-5497