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Insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, and abdominal fat: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS) Family Study.

Wagenknecht LE, Langefeld CD, Scherzinger AL, Norris JM, Haffner SM, Saad MF, Bergman RN.

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Tulloch-Reid MK, Hanson RL, Sebring NG, Reynolds JC, Premkumar A, Genovese DJ, Sumner AE.

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Visceral fat and prevalence of hypertension among African Americans and Hispanic Americans: findings from the IRAS family study.

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Quantitative trait loci for abdominal fat and BMI in Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans: the IRAS Family study.

Norris JM, Langefeld CD, Scherzinger AL, Rich SS, Bookman E, Beck SR, Saad MF, Haffner SM, Bergman RN, Bowden DW, Wagenknecht LE.

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Hanley AJ, Bowden D, Wagenknecht LE, Balasubramanyam A, Langfeld C, Saad MF, Rotter JI, Guo X, Chen YD, Bryer-Ash M, Norris JM, Haffner SM.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jul;92(7):2665-71. Epub 2007 Apr 10.PMID: 17426091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of regional fat distribution and health risk factors in middle-aged white and African American women: The Healthy Transitions Study.

Lovejoy JC, Smith SR, Rood JC.

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Analysis of FTO gene variants with measures of obesity and glucose homeostasis in the IRAS Family Study.

Wing MR, Ziegler J, Langefeld CD, Ng MC, Haffner SM, Norris JM, Goodarzi MO, Bowden DW.

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Association of plasma vitamin D levels with adiposity in Hispanic and African Americans.

Young KA, Engelman CD, Langefeld CD, Hairston KG, Haffner SM, Bryer-Ash M, Norris JM.

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Obesity, regional fat distribution, and syndrome X in obese black versus white adolescents: race differential in diabetogenic and atherogenic risk factors.

Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N, Janosky J, Arslanian SA.

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Subdivisions of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue and insulin resistance.

Kelley DE, Thaete FL, Troost F, Huwe T, Goodpaster BH.

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Sex differences in insulin action and body fat distribution in overweight and obese middle-aged and older men and women.

Ferrara CM, Goldberg AP, Nicklas BJ, Sorkin JD, Ryan AS.

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Visceral fat, waist circumference, and BMI: impact of race/ethnicity.

Carroll JF, Chiapa AL, Rodriquez M, Phelps DR, Cardarelli KM, Vishwanatha JK, Bae S, Cardarelli R.

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Correlates and heritability of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a minority cohort.

Wagenknecht LE, Scherzinger AL, Stamm ER, Hanley AJ, Norris JM, Chen YD, Bryer-Ash M, Haffner SM, Rotter JI.

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Adiponectin and leptin in African Americans.

Considine RV, Premkumar A, Reynolds JC, Sebring NG, Ricks M, Sumner AE.

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Relation of abdominal fat depots to systemic markers of inflammation in type 2 diabetes.

Sam S, Haffner S, Davidson MH, D'Agostino RB Sr, Feinstein S, Kondos G, Perez A, Mazzone T.

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INSIG2 SNPs associated with obesity and glucose homeostasis traits in Hispanics: the IRAS Family Study.

Talbert ME, Langefeld CD, Ziegler JT, Haffner SM, Norris JM, Bowden DW.

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Serum leptin in elderly people: associations with sex hormones, insulin, and adipose tissue volumes.

Baumgartner RN, Ross RR, Waters DL, Brooks WM, Morley JE, Montoya GD, Garry PJ.

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Measures of abdominal obesity assessed for visceral adiposity and relation to coronary risk.

Onat A, Avci GS, Barlan MM, Uyarel H, Uzunlar B, Sansoy V.

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Influence of total vs. visceral fat on insulin action and secretion in African American and white children.

Goran MI, Bergman RN, Gower BA.

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