Association between melanocortin 4 receptor gene polymorphisms and obesity

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-99

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Jia, Wei Ping ^a   Hu, Cheng ^a   Wang, Cong Rong ^a   Fang, Qi Chen ^a   Bao, Yu Qian ^a   Lu, Jun Xi ^a   Ma, Xiao Jing ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Lu, Hui Juan ^a   Xiang, Kun San ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 4 receptor; Obesity; Polymorphisms, single nucleotide

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33947154256     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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