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SUBMITTER: da Silva CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3662589 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
da Silva Carmela Farias CF Zandoná Marília Remuzzi MR Vitolo Márcia Regina MR Campagnolo Paula Dal Bó PD Rotta Liane Nanci LN Almeida Silvana S Mattevi Vanessa Suñé VS
BMC medical genetics 20130313
<h4>Background</h4>Our goal was to analyze the association of the fat mass and obesity- associated (FTO) gene rs9939609 variant (T/A) with the anthropometric and dietary intake phenotypes related to obesity in Brazilian children.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the association of this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with phenotypes related to the accumulation of body mass in a cohort of 348 children followed from the time of birth until 8 years old and then replicated the main findings in an ind ...[more]