Lack of association between human G-protein β3 subunit variant and overweight in Japanese workers

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-8

  Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Miura, Katsuyuki ^b   Morikawa, Yuko ^b   Ishizaki, Masao ^b   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^b   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

G proteins; Genetics; Multiple logistic regression analysis; Polymorphism; Population studies

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN BETA3 SUBUNIT; G-PROTEIN BETA3 SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 2342461099     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.2     Document Type: Article

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