Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphisms and obesity: An examination of three black populations

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Kramer, Holly ^a   Wu, Xiaodong ^a   Kan, Donghui ^a   Luke, Amy ^a   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^b   McKenzie, Colin ^c   Cooper, Richard ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme gene; Haplotype; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PROMOTER REGION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EXONS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 24344449136     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.94     Document Type: Article

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