Association between obesity and insulin resistance with UCP2-UCP3 gene variants in Spanish children and adolescents

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Ochoa, María C ^a   Santos, José L ^c   Azcona, Cristina ^b   Moreno Aliaga, María J ^a   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a   Martínez, J Alfredo ^a   Marti, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Case control; Childhood; Haplotypes; Insulin resistance; Obesity; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ION CHANNELS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN; TELEVISION;

EID: 36148973232     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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