Insulin gene variable number of tandem repeats is associated with increased fat mass during adolescence in non-obese girls

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Thorsby, Per M ^a   Berg, J P ^a   Birkeland, K I ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Children; DXA; Insulin resistance; Polymorphism; Puberty; Weight development

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE MARKER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 17644376923     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510510013622     Document Type: Article

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