MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Association of genetic Loci with glucose levels in childhood and adolescence: a meta-analysis of over 6,000 children.

Barker A, Sharp SJ, Timpson NJ, Bouatia-Naji N, Warrington NM, Kanoni S, Beilin LJ, Brage S, Deloukas P, Evans DM, Grontved A, Hassanali N, Lawlor DA, Lecoeur C, Loos RJ, Lye SJ, McCarthy MI, Mori TA, Ndiaye NC, Newnham JP, Ntalla I, Pennell CE, St Pourcain B, Prokopenko I, Ring SM, Sattar N, Visvikis-Siest S, Dedoussis GV, Palmer LJ, Froguel P, Smith GD, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, and Langenberg C

Diabetes. Apr 2011

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-1575)

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Genetic susceptibility to obesity and related traits in childhood and adolescence: influence of loci identified by genome-wide association studies.

den Hoed M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Grontved A, Zhao JH, Sharp SJ, Ong KK, Wareham NJ, and Loos RJ

Diabetes. Aug 2010

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-0370)

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Lack of association between PCK1 polymorphisms and obesity, physical activity, and fitness in European Youth Heart Study (EYHS).

Vimaleswaran KS, Franks PW, Brage S, Grontved A, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, and Loos RJ

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2010

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2010.13)

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