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Chunk #8 — Methods — Subjects — KORA

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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor: association analyses for obesity of several polymorphisms in large study groups.
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(Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung im Raum Augsburg, Surveys 3 and 4, Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) is a cross-sectional population-based sample of 8,269 German adult individuals from the region of Augsburg (Bavaria, Germany) [27]. In KORA, 65.9% of all participants were overweight and 22.4% obese (Table 1) according to the WHO definition.