FTO gene is related to obesity in Chilean Amerindian children and impairs HOMA-IR in prepubertal girls

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 384-391

  Riffo, Benilde ^a   Asenjo, Sylvia ^a   Sáez, Katia ^a   Aguayo, Claudio ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^a   Bustos, Paulina ^a   Celis Morales, C A ^b   Lagos, Jenny ^a   Sapunar, Jorge ^c   Ulloa, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amerindian; Childhood obesity; FTO gene; Insulin sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84864379336     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2011.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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