title: First investigation of two obesity-related loci (TMEM18, FTO) concerning their association with educational level as well as income: the MONICA/KORA study
creator: Holzapfel, Christina
creator: Grallert, Harald
creator: Baumert, Jens
creator: Thorand, Barbara
creator: Döring, Angela
creator: Wichmann, Heinz-Erich
creator: Hauner, Hans
creator: Illig, Thomas
creator: Mielck, Andreas
subject: Medizin
subject: ddc:610
description: Strong evidence exists for an association between socioeconomic status and body mass index (BMI) as well as between genetic variants and BMI. The association of genetic variants with socioeconomic status has not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate two obesity-related loci--the transmembrane 18 (TMEM18) and the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene--for their association with educational level and per capita income, and to test whether the detected genotype-BMI association is mediated by these social factors.
publisher: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
rights: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively
date: 2011-02-01
language: eng
source: Journal of epidemiology and community health
type: doc-type:article
type: Zeitschriftenartikel
identifier:    Holzapfel, Christina; Grallert, Harald; Baumert, Jens; Thorand, Barbara; Döring, Angela; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Hauner, Hans; Illig, Thomas; Mielck, Andreas  (Februar 2011):   First investigation of two obesity-related loci (TMEM18, FTO) concerning their association with educational level as well as income: the MONICA/KORA study.    In: Journal of epidemiology and community health, Vol. 65, Nr.  2: S. 174-176      [PDF, 101kB]      
type: NonPeerReviewed
identifier: https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/21896/1/oa_21896.pdf
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-21896-4
identifier: https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/21896/
relation: http://jech.bmj.com/content/65/2/174.long
identifier: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.106492