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Genetic variation at the adipsin locus and response to long-term overfeeding.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Sept 2003
Ukkola O, Chagnon M, Tremblay A, Bouchard C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The role of adipsin and adipsin Hinc II polymorphisms on the metabolic and body composition changes in response to overfeeding was studied. SUBJECTS: A total of 12 pairs of male monozygotic twins ate a 4.2 MJ/day energy surplus, 6 days a week, during a period of 100 days. RESULTS: The preoverfeeding plasma adipsin concentration correlated positively with the change in CT-measured abdominal total and...
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