Chunk #25 — RESULTS — Young adults risk’ of developing severe obesity varies according to polygenic score

Source: Polygenic Prediction of Weight and Obesity Trajectories from Birth to Adulthood.
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Among individuals in the top decile of the GPS, 58 of 371 (15.6%) went on to develop severe obesity as compared with 5.6% of those in deciles 2—9 (Figure 5). By contrast, among those in the lowest decile, only 5 of 372 (1.3%) individuals went on to develop severe obesity.