Influence of the β2-adrenergic receptor Arg16Gly polymorphism on longitudinal changes in obesity from childhood through young adulthood in a biracial cohort: The Bogalusa heart study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 928-937

  Ellsworth, D L ^a   Coady, S A ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Srinivasan, S R ^b   Elkasabany, A ^b   Gustat, J ^b   Boerwinkle, E ^c   Berenson, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptor; BMI; Children; Genetics; Obesity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ALLELE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036313928     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802020     Document Type: Article

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