Polymorphisms in the NPY and AGRP genes and body fatness in Dutch adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1522-1528

  Van Rossum, C T M ^a   Pijl, H ^b   Adan, R A H ^c   Hoebee, B ^a   Seidell, J C ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein; Candidate genes; Epidemiology; Genetics; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGOUTI;

EID: 33749141489     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803314     Document Type: Article

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