| Title |
Common Variants of FTO Are Associated with Childhood Obesity in a Cross-Sectional Study of 3,126 Urban Indian Children
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0047772 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Om Prakash Dwivedi, Rubina Tabassum, Ganesh Chauhan, Saurabh Ghosh, Raman K. Marwaha, Nikhil Tandon, Dwaipayan Bharadwaj |
| Abstract |
FTO variants are robustly associated with obesity and related traits in many population and shown to have variable impact during life course. Although studies have shown association of FTO variants with adiposity in adult Indian, its association in Indian children is yet to be confirmed. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 35% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |