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- Title
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children.
- Authors
Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O; Qi, Lu; Brage, Soren; Sharp, Stephen J; Sonestedt, Emily; Demerath, Ellen; Ahmad, Tariq; Mora, Samia; Kaakinen, Marika; Sandholt, Camilla Helene; Holzapfel, Christina; Autenrieth, Christine S; Hyppönen, Elina; Cauchi, Stéphane; He, Meian; Kutalik, Zoltan; Kumari, Meena; Stančáková, Alena; Meidtner, Karina; Balkau, Beverley; Tan, Jonathan T; Mangino, Massimo; Timpson, Nicholas J; Song, Yiqing; Zillikens, M Carola; Jablonski, Kathleen A; Garcia, Melissa E; Johansson, Stefan; Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L; Wu, Ying; van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V; Onland-Moret, N Charlotte; Zimmermann, Esther; Rivera, Natalia V; Tanaka, Toshiko; Stringham, Heather M; Silbernagel, Günther; Kanoni, Stavroula; Feitosa, Mary F; Snitker, Soren; Ruiz, Jonatan R; Metter, Jeffery; Larrad, Maria Teresa Martinez; Atalay, Mustafa; Hakanen, Maarit; Amin, Najaf; Cavalcanti-Proença, Christine; Grøntved, Anders; Hallmans, Göran; Jansson, John-Olov; Kuusisto, Johanna; Kähönen, Mika; Lutsey, Pamela L; Nolan, John J; Palla, Luigi; Pedersen, Oluf; Pérusse, Louis; Renström, Frida; Scott, Robert A; Shungin, Dmitry; Sovio, Ulla; Tammelin, Tuija H; Rönnemaa, Tapani; Lakka, Timo A; Uusitupa, Matti; Rios, Manuel Serrano; Ferrucci, Luigi; Bouchard, Claude; Meirhaeghe, Aline; Fu, Mao; Walker, Mark; Borecki, Ingrid B; Dedoussis, George V; Fritsche, Andreas; Ohlsson, Claes; Boehnke, Michael; Bandinelli, Stefania; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Ebrahim, Shah; Lawlor, Debbie A; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Harris, Tamara B; Sørensen, Thorkild I A; Mohlke, Karen L; Hofman, Albert; Uitterlinden, André G; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Lehtimäki, Terho; Raitakari, Olli; Isomaa, Bo; Njølstad, Pål R; Florez, Jose C; Liu, Simin; Ness, Andy; Spector, Timothy D; Tai, E Shyong; Froguel, Philippe; Boeing, Heiner; Laakso, Markku; Marmot, Michael; Bergmann, Sven; Power, Chris; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Chasman, Daniel; Ridker, Paul; Hansen, Torben; Monda, Keri L; Illig, Thomas; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Wareham, Nicholas J; Hu, Frank B; Groop, Leif C; Orho-Melander, Marju; Ekelund, Ulf; Franks, Paul W; Loos, Ruth J F
- Abstract
The FTO gene harbors the strongest known susceptibility locus for obesity. While many individual studies have suggested that physical activity (PA) may attenuate the effect of FTO on obesity risk, other studies have not been able to confirm this interaction. To confirm or refute unambiguously whether PA attenuates the association of FTO with obesity risk, we meta-analyzed data from 45 studies of adults (n = 218,166) and nine studies of children and adolescents (n = 19,268).
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2011, Vol 8, Issue 11, pe1001116
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001116