A genetic sum score of risk alleles associated with body mass index interacts with socioeconomic position in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

• Mirjam Frank ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Mirjam.frank@uk-essen.de

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-020X

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• Nico Dragano,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Sociology, Centre for Health and Society, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Marina Arendt,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Andreas J. Forstner,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Centre for Human Genetics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Markus M. Nöthen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Susanne Moebus,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Raimund Erbel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Karl-Heinz Jöckel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Börge Schmidt

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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