Genetic variants of FTO influence adiposity, insulin sensitivity, leptin levels, and resting metabolic rate in the Quebec family study

Diabetes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1147-1150

  Do, Ron ^a   Bailey, Swneke D ^a   Desbiens, Katia ^b   Belisle, Alexandre ^a   Montpetit, Alexandre ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^c   Pérusse, Louis ^d   Vohl, Marie Claude ^d   Engert, James C ^a,b,d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; FAMILY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; QUEBEC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42449153273     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db07-1267     Document Type: Article

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