FTO Gene Variant and Risk of Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chibo Liu; Sihua Mou; Yangqun Cai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082133

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FTO Gene Variant and Risk of Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chibo Liu ,

* E-mail : chibo_liu@163.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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Sihua Mou,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yangqun Cai

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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FTO Gene Variant and Risk of Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chibo Liu,
Sihua Mou,
Yangqun Cai

Published: November 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082133

About the Authors

Chibo Liu

* E-mail : chibo_liu@163.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

Sihua Mou

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

Yangqun Cai

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL. Performed the experiments: SM YC. Analyzed the data: YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the manuscript: CL.

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