Association of leptin/receptor and TNF-&#945; gene variants with adolescent obesity in Malaysia.

Ng, Zoe Yi; Veerapen, Muthu Kumar; Hon, Wei Min; Lim, Renee Lay Hong

Association of leptin/receptor and TNF-α gene variants with adolescent obesity in Malaysia.

Ng, Zoe Yi; Veerapen, Muthu Kumar; Hon, Wei Min; Lim, Renee Lay Hong.

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Ng ZY; Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Pediatr Int ; 56(5): 689-97, 2014 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24628746

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Leptin/genetics; Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity/genetics; Receptors, Leptin/genetics; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics; Adolescent; Female; Genetic Variation; Humans; Malaysia/epidemiology; Male; Overweight/epidemiology; Overweight/genetics; Prevalence

Key words

adolescents; body fat percentage; body mass index; leptin; leptin receptor; single nucleotide polymorphism; tumor necrosis factor-α

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Leptin / Receptors, Leptin / Pediatric Obesity Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Year: 2014 Type: Article

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