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    Modeling gene-environment interactions in longitudinal family studies: a comparison of methods and their application to the association between the IGF pathway and childhood obesity

    The interactive effect of the IGF pathway genes with the environment may contribute to childhood obesity. Such gene-environment interactions can take on complex forms. Detecting those relationships using longi...

    Cheng Wang, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon, Jean-François Lefebvre in BMC Medical Genetics (2019)

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    The association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 gene and blood pressure in a cohort study of adolescents

    The Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 (ACE2) gene, located on chromosome X, is believed to be implicated in blood pressure regulation. However the few studies that have examined this association have yielded mix...

    Lucile Malard, Lisa Kakinami, Jennifer O’Loughlin in BMC Medical Genetics (2013)