Association between the 4 bp proinsulin gene insertion polymorphism (IVS-69) and body composition in black south african women

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1298-1300

  Berman, Peter ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b   Baumgarten, Ingrid ^a   Seoighe, Cathal ^a,c   Jennings, Courtney L ^a   Joffe, Yael ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^a   Faulenbach, Mirjam V ^d   Kahn, Steven E ^d   Goedecke, Julia H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEGRO; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREMENOPAUSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREMENOPAUSE; PROINSULIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 67650459175     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.40     Document Type: Article

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