Polygenic and socioeconomic risk for high body mass index: 69 years of follow-up across life.

Genetic influences on body mass index (BMI) appear to markedly differ across life, yet existing research is equivocal and limited by a paucity of life course data. We thus used a birth cohort study to investigate differences in association and explained variance in polygenic risk for high BMI across...

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Main Authors: David Bann, Liam Wright, Rebecca Hardy, Dylan M Williams, Neil M Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010233