Is a low leptin concentration, a low resting metabolic rate, or both the expression of the 'thrifty genotype'? Results from Mexican Pima Indians

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1053-1057

  Fox, Caroline S ^b   Esparza, Julian ^b   Nicolson, Margery ^b   Bennett, Peter H ^b   Schulz, Leslie O ^b   Valencia, Mauro E ^b   Ravussin, Eric ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diabetes; Indirect calorimetry; Leptin; Obesity; Pima Indians; Resting metabolic rate; Thrifty genotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INDIAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031785868     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.5.1053     Document Type: Article

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