Association of the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein Ala 54Thr polymorphism and abdominal adipose tissue in African-American and Caucasian women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1196-1201

  Lara Castro, Cristina ^a   Hunter, Gary R ^a   Lovejoy, Jennifer C ^b   Gower, Barbara A ^a   Fernández, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 2; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FABP2 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACK; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044262356     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0676     Document Type: Article

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