A multifactorial analysis of obesity as CVD risk factor: Use of neural network based methods in a nutrigenetics context

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Obesity is a multifactorial trait, which comprises an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of the current work is to study the complex etiology beneath obesity and identify genetic variations and/or facto...

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Main Authors: Valavanis Ioannis K, Mougiakakou Stavroula G, Grimaldi Keith A, Nikita Konstantina S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/453