Genetic Determinants of Height Growth Assessed Longitudinally from Infancy to Adulthood in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified dozens of common variants associated with adult height. However, it is unknown how these variants influence height growth during childhood. We derived peak height velocity in infancy (PHV1) and puberty (PHV2) and timing of pubertal height...

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Main Authors: Peltonen, Leena, Elliott, Paul, McCarthy, Mark I., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Widen, Elisabeth, Sovio, Ulla, Bennett, Amanda J., Millwood, Iona Y., Molitor, John, O'Reilly, Paul F., Timpson, Nicholas J., Kaakinen, Marika, Laitinen, Jaana, Haukka, Jari, Pillas, Demetris, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Molitor, Jassy, Hoggart, Clive, Coin, Lachlan J. M., Whittaker, John, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikaninen, Anna-Liisa, Freimer, Nelson B.
Outros Autores: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:en_US
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2010
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59321