Lack of association of ghrelin precursor gene variants and percentage body fat or serum lipid profiles

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 908-912

  Martin, Glynn R ^a,b   Loredo, J C ^a   Sun, Guang ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRIGLYCERIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 41549128569     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.125     Document Type: Article

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