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"A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity."

Timothy M. Frayling, Nicholas J. Timpson, Michael N. Weedon, Eleftheria Zeggini, Rachel M. Freathy, Cecilia M. Lindgren, John R. B. Perry, Katherine S. Elliott, Hana Lango, Nigel W. Rayner, Beverley Shields, Lorna W. Harries, Jeffrey C. Barrett, Sian Ellard, Christopher J. Groves, Bridget Knight, Ann-Marie Patch, Andrew R. Ness, Shah Ebrahim, Debbie A. Lawlor, Susan M. Ring, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Ulla Sovio, Amanda J. Bennett, David Melzer, Luigi Ferrucci, Ruth J. F. Loos, Inês Barroso, Nicholas J. Wareham, Fredrik Karpe, Katharine R. Owen, Lon R. Cardon, Mark Walker, Graham A. Hitman, Colin N. A. Palmer, Alex S. F. Doney, Andrew D. Morris, George Davey-Smith, The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Andrew T. Hattersley, and Mark I. McCarthy.

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Genetics of Complex Traits, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Magdalen Road, Exeter, UK; Diabetes Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK.
2
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, UK; The MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, Bristol University, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, UK.
3
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, UK; Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, UK.
5
Diabetes Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK.
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Diabetes Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK; The Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Old Pathology Building, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK.
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Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Department of Oral & Dental Science, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, UK.
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Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK.
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, Fin-90014, University of Oulu, Finland.
12
Genetics of Complex Traits, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Magdalen Road, Exeter, UK; Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Peninsula Medical School, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK.
13
Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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MRC Epidemiology Unit, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Cambridge, UK.
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Metabolic Disease Group, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
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Diabetes Research Group, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Barts and The London, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, UK.
18
Population Pharmacogenetics Group, Biomedical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
19
Diabetes Research Group, Division of Medicine and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
20
The MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, Bristol University, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, UK.
21
Membership of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium is listed in the Supporting Online Material.




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