Association of LIN28B with Adult Adiposity-Related Traits in Females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Leinonen, Jaakko T ^a   Surakka, Ida ^a,b   Havulinna, Aki S ^b   Kettunen, Johannes ^a,b   Luoto, Riitta ^c   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Widén, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIN28B GENE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84869061336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048785     Document Type: Article

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