The FTO gene and obesity in a large eastern European population sample: The HAPIEE study

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2764-2766

  Hubacek, Jaroslav A ^a,b   Bohuslavova, Romana ^a,b   Kuthanova, Lada ^a   Kubinova, Ruzena ^c   Peasey, Anne ^d   Pikhart, Hynek ^d   Marmot, Michael G ^d   Bobak, Martin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b Center for Cardiovascular Research   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEINS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 58149289996     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.421     Document Type: Article

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