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SUBMITTER: Rasmussen-Torvik LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598314 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rasmussen-Torvik Laura J LJ Baldridge Abigail S AS Pacheco Jennifer A JA Aufox Sharon A SA Kim Kwang-Youn A KY Silverstein Jonathan C JC Denham Erwin W EW Hungness Eric E Smith Maureen E ME Greenland Philip P
Obesity surgery 20151101 11
We examined the association of 34 single nucleotide polymorphisms with weight loss up to 9.5 years after Roux-en-Y surgery. Participants were enrollees in the NUgene biobank with stored DNA and linked electronic health records. Ninety-five self-identified white participants underwent surgery and had follow-up weights obtained between 1 and 9.5 years after surgery. SNP rs4771122 was the variant most significantly associated with long-term weight loss after surgery in a repeated linear mixed model ...[more]