Assessing the Causality Factors in the Association between (Abdominal) Obesity and Physical Activity among the Newfoundland Population–-A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
A total of 1,263 adults from Newfoundland and Labrador were studied in the research. Body mass index (BMI) and percent trunk fat (PTF) were analyzed as biomarkers for obesity. The Mendelian randomization (MR) approach with two single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the fat-mass and obesity (FTO) gene as...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2016-01-01
|
| Series: | Genetics and Epigenetics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/GEG.S38289 |