Strong influence of variants near MC4R on adiposity in children and adults: A cross-sectional study in Indian population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Prakash Dwivedi, Om ^a   Tabassum, Rubina ^a   Chauhan, Ganesh ^a   Kaur, Ismeet ^a   Ghosh, Saurabh ^b   Marwaha, Raman K ^c   Tandon, Nikhil ^d   Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Association; Children; Indians; MC4R; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84873041397     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.129     Document Type: Article

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