Genetic inheritance of body mass index i
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Susan Colilla; Charles Rotimi; Richard Cooper; Jack Goldberg; Nancy Cox
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Numerous studies have shown recessive major gene inheritance of body mass index (BMI) in white populations; few have examined the inheritance of BMI in the African-American population where obesity is more prevalent, nor in African populations where obesity is comparatively rare. To evaluate the inh