Body surface area is a potential obesity index: Its genetic determination and its causality for later-life diseases.

Xing-Hao YuRong-Rong CaoYi-Qun YangFei-Yan DengLin BoShu-Feng Lei

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2022)

These findings increase understanding of genetic determinants for BSA and its relationship with complex traits and diseases, and BSA could be regarded as a potential obesity trait.

Keyphrases

genome wide
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
weight gain
dna methylation
copy number
human health
adipose tissue
gene expression
body mass index
risk assessment
emergency department
solid phase extraction
adverse drug
genome wide association