BMC Medical Genetics

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in obesity-related genes and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

Lisa Gallicchio1,2*, Howard H Chang3, Dana K Christo2, Lucy Thuita2, Han Y Huang2, Paul Strickland4, Ingo Ruczinski3, Sandra Clipp2 and Kathy J Helzlsouer1,2

Author Affiliations

1 The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women's Health & Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, 6th floor, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, USA

2 Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA

3 Department of Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA

4 Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA

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BMC Medical Genetics 2009, 10:103 doi:10.1186/1471-2350-10-103

Published: 9 October 2009

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Description of single nucleotide polymorphisms in obesity-related genes investigated in the Odyssey Cohort.

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Age- and gender-adjusted associations between SNPs in obesity-related genes and mortality.

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Associations between obesity-related SNPs and cardiovascular mortality adjusted for age and gender.

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Associations between obesity-related SNPs and cancer mortality adjusted for age and gender.

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Associations between obesity-related SNPs and mortality adjusted for age among males only.

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Associations between obesity-related SNPs and mortality adjusted for age among females only.

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