The β3-adrenergic receptor gene and obesity in a population sample of African Americans

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Lowe Jr , W L ^a   Rotimi, C N ^b   Luke, A ^b   Guo, X ^b   Zhu, X ^b   Comuzzie, A G ^c   Schuh, T S ^a   Halbach, S ^b   Kotlar, T J ^a   Cooper, R S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3 adrenergic receptor; African American; Genetics; Leptin

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DNA; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17744391746     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801487     Document Type: Article

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