Associations of Genetic Risk Score with Obesity and Related Traits and the Modifying Effect of Physical Activity in a Chinese Han Population

Jingwen Zhu; Ruth J. F. Loos; Ling Lu; Geng Zong; Wei Gan; Xingwang Ye; Liang Sun; Huaixing Li; Xu Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091442

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Associations of Genetic Risk Score with Obesity and Related Traits and the Modifying Effect of Physical Activity in a Chinese Han Population

Jingwen Zhu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Ruth J. F. Loos,

Affiliation The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, The Genetics of Obesity and Related Metabolic Traits Program, Department of Preventive Medicine, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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Ling Lu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Geng Zong,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Wei Gan,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Xingwang Ye,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Liang Sun,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Huaixing Li ,

* E-mail: lihx@sibs.ac.cn (HL); xlin@sibs.ac.cn (XL)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Xu Lin

* E-mail: lihx@sibs.ac.cn (HL); xlin@sibs.ac.cn (XL)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Associations of Genetic Risk Score with Obesity and Related Traits and the Modifying Effect of Physical Activity in a Chinese Han Population

Jingwen Zhu,
Ruth J. F. Loos,
Ling Lu,
Geng Zong,
Wei Gan,
Xingwang Ye,
Liang Sun,
Huaixing Li,
Xu Lin

Published: March 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091442

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