Education modifies genetic and environmental influences on BMI

Obesity is more common among the less educated, suggesting education-related environmental triggers. Such triggers may act differently dependent on genetic and environmental predisposition to obesity. In a Danish Twin Registry survey, 21,522 twins of same-sex pairs provided zygosity, height, weight,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2011-01, Vol.6 (1), p.e16290-e16290
Hauptverfasser:	Johnson, Wendy, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Skytthe, Axel, Deary, Ian J, Sørensen, Thorkild I A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Aged Analysis Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Correlation Correlation analysis Education Educational attainment Educational Status Environment Environmental education Epidemiology Female Females Genetic diversity Genetic variance Genetic Variation Health care Humans Male Medicine Men Metabolic disorders Middle Aged Obesity Physiology Psychology Psychopathology Public health Questionnaires Sex Factors Social and Behavioral Sciences Social research Studies Surveys Twins Young Adult Zygosity
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