Association between variants of the leptin receptor gene (LEPR) and overweight: A systematic review and an analysis of the colaus study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bender, Nicole ^a,b   Allemann, Noëmi ^a   Marek, Diana ^c   Vollenweider, Peter ^d   Waeber, Gérard ^d   Mooser, Vincent ^e   Egger, Matthias ^a   Bochud, Murielle ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; META ANALYSIS;

LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 80054718263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026157     Document Type: Review

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