Assessing the effects of 35 European-derived BMI-associated SNPs in Mexican children.

Date publication

septembre 2016

Journal

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MEYRE David

Tous les auteurs :
Abadi A, Peralta-Romero J, Suarez F, Gomez-Zamudio J, Burguete-Garcia AI, Cruz M, Meyre D

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486100

Résumé

The prevalence of obesity in Mexico has increased at an alarming rate in both adults and children. This study was undertaken to test in Mexican children the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) that have been associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in Europeans.

Mots clés

Adolescent, Body Mass Index, Child, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Male, Mexico, epidemiology, Obesity, genetics, Overweight, genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, genetics, White People, genetics

Référence

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 09;24(9):1989-95