No association between insulin gene variation and adult metabolic phenotypes in a large Finnish birth cohort

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 886-891

  Bennett, A ^a   Sovio, U ^b   Ruokonen, A ^c   Martikainen, H ^c   Pouta, A ^c   Taponen, S ^c   Hartikainen, A L ^c   Franks, S ^b   Peltonen, L ^d,e   Elliott, P ^b   Jarvelin M R ^b,c   McCarthy, M I ^a,f  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Association; Beta cell function; Insulin gene; Insulin sensitivity; VNTR

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 20044393053     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-1737-z     Document Type: Article

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