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Obesity
Investigators at Loyola University target obesity
February 3rd, 2009
"Obesity is rapidly becoming a global epidemic. Unlike many complex human diseases, obesity is defined not just by a single trait or phenotype, but jointly by measures of anthropometry and metabolic status," scientists writing in the International Journal of Obesity report. "We applied maximum likelihood factor analysis to identify common latent factors underlying observed covariance in multiple obesity-related measures. Both the genetic components and the mode of inheritance of the common factors were evaluated. A total of 1775 participants from 590 families for whom measures on obesity-related traits were available were included in this study. The average age...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-03)
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