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SUBMITTER: Shugart YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2986560 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shugart Yin Yao YY Chen Lina L Day Ian N M IN Lewis Sarah J SJ Timpson Nicholas J NJ Yuan Wei W Abdollahi Mohammad Reza MR Ring Sue M SM Ebrahim Shah S Golding Jean J Lawlor Debbie A DA Davey-Smith George G
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20090211 8
The goal of this study is to investigate the relationship between the Val66Met polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and body mass index (BMI) in two sizable and well-characterized populations of British women: the British Women's Heart and Health Study (BWHHS) (age 60-79 years) and the mothers from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (age 16-44 years). We genotyped the Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) in these two populations, and conducted a linear regressi ...[more]