Studies of metabolic phenotypic correlates of 15 obesity associated gene variants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sandholt, Camilla Helene ^a,b   Vestmar, Marie Aare ^a,c   Bille, Dorthe Sadowa ^a,d   Borglykke, Anders ^e   Almind, Katrine ^b   Hansen, Lars ^f   Sandbæk, Annelli ^g   Lauritzen, Torsten ^g   Witte, Daniel ^h   Jørgensen, Torben ^c,e   Pedersen, Oluf ^a,c,g   Hansen, Torben ^a,i  

^a Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BAT2 GENE; BDNF GENE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETV5 GENE; FAIM2 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GNPDA2 GENE; HUMAN; KCTD15 GENE; MAF GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; MTCH2 GENE; NEGR1 GENE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NPC1 GENE; OBESITY; PTER GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEC16B GENE; SH2B1 GENE; TMEM18 GENE; ANTHROPOMETRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052397686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023531     Document Type: Article

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