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Obesity
Researchers from Nagoya University, Department of Geriatrics detail new studies and findings in the area of obesity
December 11th, 2006
Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report "Preproghrelin Leu72Met variant contributes to overweight in middle-aged men of a Japanese large cohort." In this recent study, researchers in Nagoya, Japan conducted a study "To investigate whether Leu72Met polymorphism of the preproghrelin gene is associated with overweight/obesity in middle-aged and older Japanese. Cross-sectional analysis. A total of 2238 community-dwelling middle-aged and older Japanese people (age: 40-79 years) who participated in the first wave of examinations in the National Institute for Longevity Sciences -Longitudinal Study of Aging from April 1998 to March 2000. The Leu72Met polymorphism of prepoghrelin gene,...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-12-11)
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