Obesity
New data from Hebrew University illuminate research in obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 31st, 2009
"We estimated that polygenes explained 30-50% of the adjusted leptin and insulin levels and 30-70% of the anthropometric phenotypes. This study demonstrated a significant genetic influence on longitudinal changes in leptin and BMI (h(2) = 0.45) and small-to-moderate heritability estimates for changes in insulin and other...
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