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Moderate alcohol consumption, estrogen replacement therapy, and physical activity are associated with increased insulin sensitivity: is abdominal adiposity the mediator?

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Campbell LV.

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Genetic and environmental influences on total-body and central abdominal fat: the effect of physical activity in female twins.

Samaras K, Kelly PJ, Chiano MN, Spector TD, Campbell LV.

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Physical activity reduces genetic susceptibility to increased central systolic pressure augmentation: a study of female twins.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Campbell LV, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Hayward CS.

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Obesity is an important determinant of baseline serum C-reactive protein concentration in monozygotic twins, independent of genetic influences.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Gallimore JR, Pepys MB, Campbell LV.

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Moderate alcohol consumption, dietary fat composition, and abdominal obesity in women: evidence for gene-environment interaction.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Campbell LV.

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Do gene-environment interactions influence fasting plasma lipids? A study of twins.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Campbell LV.

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Improved indices of insulin resistance and insulin secretion for use in genetic and population studies of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Jenkins AB, Samaras K, Carey DG, Kelly P, Campbell LV.

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Hormone replacement therapy, insulin sensitivity, and abdominal obesity in postmenopausal women.

Ryan AS, Nicklas BJ, Berman DM.

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Relationship between hormone replacement therapy use with body fat distribution and insulin sensitivity in obese postmenopausal women.

Sites CK, Brochu M, Tchernof A, Poehlman ET.

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Tobacco smoking and oestrogen replacement are associated with lower total and central fat in monozygotic twins.

Samaras K, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Chiano MN, Campbell LV.

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Effects of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy on central abdominal fat, glycemic control, lipid metabolism, and vascular factors in type 2 diabetes: a prospective study.

Samaras K, Hayward CS, Sullivan D, Kelly RP, Campbell LV.

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Clustering of insulin resistance, total and central abdominal fat: same genes or same environment?

Samaras K, Nguyen TV, Jenkins AB, Eisman JA, Howard GM, Kelly PJ, Campbell LV.

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Insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women: independent and combined associations with hormone replacement, cardiovascular fitness, and body composition.

Brown MD, Korytkowski MT, Zmuda JM, McCole SD, Moore GE, Hagberg JM.

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Physical activity, body fat, and serum C-reactive protein in postmenopausal women with and without hormone replacement.

Manns PJ, Williams DP, Snow CM, Wander RC.

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Central fat predicts deterioration of insulin secretion index and fasting glycaemia: 6-year follow-up of subjects at varying risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Kriketos AD, Carey DG, Jenkins AB, Chisholm DJ, Furler SM, Campbell LV.

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Relationship between leptin, insulin, body composition and liver steatosis in non-diabetic moderate drinkers with normal transaminase levels.

Valtueña S, Numeroso F, Ardigò D, Pedrazzoni M, Franzini L, Piatti PM, Monti L, Zavaroni I.

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Insulin resistance is an intrinsic defect independent of fat mass in women with Turner's syndrome.

Salgin B, Amin R, Yuen K, Williams RM, Murgatroyd P, Dunger DB.

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Menopause, central body fatness, and insulin resistance: effects of hormone-replacement therapy.

Tchernof A, Calles-Escandon J, Sites CK, Poehlman ET.

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Genetic influences on central abdominal fat: a twin study.

Carey DG, Nguyen TV, Campbell LV, Chisholm DJ, Kelly P.

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Abdominal adiposity is a stronger predictor of insulin resistance than fitness among 50-95 year olds.

Racette SB, Evans EM, Weiss EP, Hagberg JM, Holloszy JO.

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