Gender-dependent association of a �²2-adrenergic gene variant with obesity parameters in Malaysian Malays

• Main Authors: Apalasamy, Y.D., Ming, M.F., Rampal, S., Bulgiba, Awang, Mohamed, Z.
• Format: Article
• Published: SAGE Publications 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3066/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22199155

Recent findings have shown that the rs1042714 (Gln27Glu) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on the β2-adrenoceptor gene may predispose to obesity. The findings from other studies carried on different populations, however, have been inconsistent. The authors investigated the association between th...