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Increasing Genetic Variance of Body Mass Index during the Swedish Obesity Epidemic

Benjamin Rokholm, Karri Silventoinen, Per Tynelius, Michael Gamborg, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Finn Rasmussen

PLoS ONE · 2011 · 82 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

The results confirm the hypothesis that the additive genetic variance of BMI has increased strongly during the obesity epidemic. This suggests that the obesogenic environment has enhanced the influence of adiposity related genes.

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