Do gene variants influencing adult adiposity affect birth weight? A population-based study of 24 loci in 4,744 Danish individuals.

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Published in PLoS One on December 01, 2010

Authors

Ehm A Andersson1, Kasper Pilgaard, Charlotta Pisinger, Marie N Harder, Niels Grarup, Kristine Færch, Camilla Sandholt, Pernille Poulsen, Daniel R Witte, Torben Jørgensen, Allan Vaag, Oluf Pedersen, Torben Hansen

Author Affiliations

1: Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark.

Associated clinical trials:

Lifestyle Intervention in a General Population for Prevention of Ischaemic Heart Disease | NCT00289237

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