Variant rs1421085 in the FTO gene contribute childhood obesity in Chinese children aged 3–6years

A Common Variant in the <i>FTO</i> Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

Timothy M. Frayling, Nicholas J. Timpson, Michael N. Weedon et al. · Science · 2007 · 4.5K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Childhood Body-Mass Index and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood

Jennifer L. Baker, Lina W. Olsen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Public Health, Cardiology, Child Health +16

Variation in FTO contributes to childhood obesity and severe adult obesity

Christian Dina, Sophie Gallina, Emmanuelle Durand et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 1.6K citations

Medicine, Pediatrics, Physiology +14

The Obesity-Associated <i>FTO</i> Gene Encodes a 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Nucleic Acid Demethylase

Thomas Gerken, Christophe A. Girard, Yi‐Chun Loraine Tung et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +9

Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

G. Bragi Walters, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2008 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +10