Sex and genetic effects on upper and lower body fat and associations with diabetes in multigenerational families of African heritage

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 819-823

  Miljkovic Gacic, Iva ^a   Wang, Xiaojing ^b   Kammerer, Candace M ^a   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Patrick, Alan L ^a,c   Wheeler, Victor W ^a,c   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Evans, Rhobert W ^a   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44049102267     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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