Population-Specific Alleles: The Polymorphism (K121Q) of the Human Glycoprotein PC-1 Gene Is Strongly Associated with Race but Not with Insulin Resistance in Black and White Children

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-468

  Morrison, John A ^b   Gruppo, Ralph ^b   Glueck, Charles J ^a   Stroop, Davis ^b   Fontaine, Robert N ^b   Wang, Ping ^b   Smith, Kathleen L ^b  

^a Cholesterol Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN PC 1; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 1842584223     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2003.10.029     Document Type: Article

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