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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
We hypothesized that genomic variation affecting the primary amino acid sequence of the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein would be related to variation in body mass index and associated clinical phenotypes in aboriginal Canadians. We studied 507 adult native Canadians from an isolated community in Northern Ontario. We found that the frequency of the T54 variant of the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein gene was 0.14 in this sample. The presence of this variant was associated with significant increases in body mass index, percent body fat, and fasting plasma triglyceride concentration (P = 0.012, 0.019, and 0.012, respectively). However, the variant was not associated with the presence of diabetes mellitus. These findings suggest that the T54 variant of the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein is associated with differences in fat metabolism in this aboriginal population.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4334-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-American Native Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Canada, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Myelin P2 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:8954037-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic variation of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein associated with variation in body mass in aboriginal Canadians.
pubmed:affiliation
St. Michael's Hospital Health Sciences Research Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. robert.hegele@utoronto.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't