Title: IL6 and IL1B Polymorphisms are Associated With Fat Mass in Older Men: The MrOS Study Sweden.
Authors: Strandberg, Louise; Mellström, Dan; Ljunggren, Östen; Grundberg, Elin; Karlsson, Magnus K.; Holmberg, Anna H.; Orwoll, Eric S.; Eriksson, Anna L.; Svedberg, Johan; Bengtsson, Magnus; Ohlsson, Claes; Jansson, John-Olov
Abstract: The article reports on a study which investigated whether four common polymorphisms of the interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1 systems are associated with the fat mass measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in elderly men. The study participants, who are 69-81 years of age, came from the Swedish part of the MrOS multicenter population study. The study found that IL-1 and IL-6 systems contain gene polymorphisms that are associated with fat, but not lean, mass in elderly men.
Subjects: GENETIC polymorphisms; INTERLEUKINS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; POPULATION genetics; OLDER men
Publication: Obesity (19307381), 2008, Vol 16, Issue 3, p710
ISSN: 1930-7381
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.95

IL6 and IL1B Polymorphisms are Associated With Fat Mass in Older Men: The MrOS Study Sweden.

Strandberg, Louise; Mellström, Dan; Ljunggren, Östen; Grundberg, Elin; Karlsson, Magnus K.; Holmberg, Anna H.; Orwoll, Eric S.; Eriksson, Anna L.; Svedberg, Johan; Bengtsson, Magnus; Ohlsson, Claes; Jansson, John-Olov