Leptin gene and Leptin receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with sweet preference and Obesity

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1069-1077

  Mizuta, Einosuke ^a   Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamanaka, Itaru ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshihiro ^b   Okayama, Akira ^a   Yoshimasa, Yasunao ^b   Tomoike, Hitonobu ^a   Morisaki, Hiroko ^a   Morisaki, Takayuki ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Division of Arteriosclerosis   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Leptin; Obesity; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GLUCOSE; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE;

AGED; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; TASTE;

EID: 48349084217     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1069     Document Type: Article

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