Familial aggregation of central obesity in Southern Indians

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1523-1527

  Davey, G ^a   Ramachandran, A ^b   Snehalatha, C ^b   Hitman, G A ^c   McKeigue, P M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central adiposity; Fat distribution; Genetics; Heritability; Sibling study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0033762335     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801408     Document Type: Article

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