Sexual dimorphisms in genetic loci linked to body fat Distribution

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pulit, Sara L ^a   Karaderi, Tugce ^b   Lindgren, Cecilia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUBERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85011589859     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20160184     Document Type: Review

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