Exploring differences in adiposity in two US hispanic populations of Mexican origin using social, behavioral, physiologic and genetic markers: The IRAS family study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Young, Kendra A ^a   Fingerlin, Tasha E ^a   Langefeld, Carl D ^b   Lorenzo, Carlos ^c   Haffner, Steven M ^d   Wagenknecht, Lynne E ^b   Norris, Jill M ^a  

^a Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Admixture; Behavior; Environmental differences; Genetics; Hispanics; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORADO; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84861715737     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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