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 LeiPublished 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
- emergency department
- gene expression
- adverse drug
- body mass index
- risk assessment
- molecularly imprinted
- electronic health record
- simultaneous determination