[Genetics of obesity and metabolic complications in the Quebec Family Study].
Considerable progress has been accomplished over the past 10 years in the understanding of the genetic basis of obesity and its related metabolic complications. It is now well established that obesity aggregates within families and that genes are partly responsible for this familial aggregation. The number of genes potentially involved in obesity continues to grow. This review summarizes the evidence accumulated so for regarding the contribution of genetic factors in obesity and the number of gene and loci linked to obesity in the Quebec Family Study.
Pérusse
Louis
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Division de kinésiologie, PEPS, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada. Louis.Perusse@kin.msp.ulaval.ca
Bouchard
Claude
C
D015331:Cohort Studies; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D011792:Quebec; D012307:Risk Factors
D005819:Genetic Markers