Human leptin locus (LEP) alleles and BMI in Samoans

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-788

  McGarvey, S T ^a   Forrest, W ^b,e   Weeks, D E ^b   Sun, G ^c   Smelser, D ^c   Tufa, J ^d   Viali, S ^e   Deka, R ^c  

^a International Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Health   (Samoa)

^e Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Candidate genes; LEP locus; Obesity; Samoan

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOAN ISLANDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SAMOA;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0036269773     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801996     Document Type: Article

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