Seasonal Effects of UCP1 Gene Polymorphism on Visceral Fat Accumulation in Japanese Adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Nakayama, Kazuhiro ^a   Miyashita, Hiroshi ^a   Yanagisawa, Yoshiko ^a   Iwamoto, Sadahiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; UCP1 GENE; VISCERAL FAT AREA; WINTER;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; ION CHANNELS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884549617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074720     Document Type: Article

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