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Relationship between perilipin gene polymorphisms and body weight and body composition during weight loss and weight maintenance.
Physiology & behavior - 23 Mar 2009
Soenen Stijn, Mariman Edwin C M, Vogels Neeltje, Bouwman Freek G, den Hoed Marcel, Brown Louise, Westerterp-Plantenga Margriet S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic variation in the perilipin (PLIN) gene may play a role in the etiology and treatment of obesity. OBJECTIVE: To examine different polymorphisms in the PLIN gene in relation to body-weight regulation. METHODS: 118 subjects followed a 6 wk VLCD, followed by 1 year weight maintenance. Body-weight (BW), body composition, leptin concentration, and polymorphisms of the PLIN gene: PLIN1:rs2289487,...
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