Clustering of insulin resistance, total and central abdominal fat: Same genes or same environment?

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 218-225

  Samaras, Katherine ^a   Nguyen, Tuan V ^a   Jenkins, Arthur B ^b   Eisman, John A ^a   Howard, Gabrielle M ^a   Kelly, Paul J ^c   Campbell, Lesley V ^a,c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; DXA; Fat; Genetic epidemiology; Glucose; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Twins; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

FAT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0032851476     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320565898     Document Type: Article

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