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- Title
Common Genetic Components of Obesity Traits and Serum Leptin.
- Authors
Hasselbalch, Ann L.; Benyamin, Beben; Visscher, Peter M.; Heitmann, Berit L.; Kyvik, Kirsten O.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the genetic influences on obesity-related traits and serum leptin level in adults. The researchers carried out detailed anthropometry and measurement of serum leptin level in 625 Danish, adult, healthy, monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twin pairs of both genders. The findings of the study suggest the importance of distinguishing between the different phenotypes in the search for genes involved in the development of obesity.
- Subjects
OBESITY genetics; SERUM; LEPTIN; ANTHROPOMETRY; GENES
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2008, Vol 16, Issue 12, p2723
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2008.440