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Impact of Lipid Genetic Risk Score and Saturated Fatty Acid Intake on Central Obesity in an Asian Indian Population.
Nutrients - 29 Jun 2022
Wuni Ramatu, Adela Nathania Evelyn, Ayyappa Ashok K, Lakshmipriya Nagarajan, Ramya Kandaswamy, Gayathri Rajagopal, Geetha Gunasekaran, Anjana Ranjit Mohan, Kuhnle Gunter G C, Radha Venkatesan, Mohan Viswanathan, Sudha Vasudevan, Vimaleswaran Karani Santhanakrishnan
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities in lipid metabolism have been linked to the development of obesity. We used a nutrigenetic approach to establish a link between lipids and obesity in Asian Indians, who are known to have a high prevalence of central obesity and dyslipidaemia. A sample of 497 Asian Indian individuals (260 with type 2 diabetes and 237 with normal glucose tolerance) (mean age: 44 ± 10 years) were randomly chosen from...
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