FTO gene associated fatness in relation to body fat distribution and metabolic traits throughout a broad range of fatness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kring, Sofia I I ^a,b   Holst, Claus ^a   Zimmermann, Esther ^a   Jess, Tine ^a   Berentzen, Tina ^a   Toubro, Søren ^c   Hansen, Torben ^d   Astrup, Arne ^f   Pedersen, Oluf ^d,e   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FATSO PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GENE PRODUCT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DENMARK; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51849111090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002958     Document Type: Article

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