Sex-specific association between leptin receptor polymorphisms and leptin levels and BMI in healthy adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1527-1530

  Riestra, P ^a   Garcia Anguita A ^a   Schoppen, S ^a   Lopez Simon L ^a   De Oya, M ^a   Garces C ^a  

^a 28400 Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMI; Leptin; Leptin receptor polymorphisms; Pubertal children

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LYSINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77956352966     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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