Mitochondrial Genetic Variants Identified to Be Associated with BMI in Adults

Antònia Flaquer; Clemens Baumbach; Jennifer Kriebel; Thomas Meitinger; Annette Peters; Melanie Waldenberger; Harald Grallert; Konstantin Strauch

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105116

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Mitochondrial Genetic Variants Identified to Be Associated with BMI in Adults

Antònia Flaquer ,

* E-mail: antonia.flaquer@lmu.de

Affiliations Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Clemens Baumbach,

Affiliations Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Jennifer Kriebel,

Affiliation Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Thomas Meitinger,

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Annette Peters,

Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Melanie Waldenberger,

Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Harald Grallert,

Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Konstantin Strauch

Affiliations Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Mitochondrial Genetic Variants Identified to Be Associated with BMI in Adults

Antònia Flaquer,
Clemens Baumbach,
Jennifer Kriebel,
Thomas Meitinger,
Annette Peters,
Melanie Waldenberger,
Harald Grallert,
Konstantin Strauch

Published: August 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105116

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