- ►mcmaster.ca [PDF] AM Prentice, P Rayco-Solon, SE … - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - Cambridge Univ Press Few researchers would dispute that the pandemic of obesity is caused by a profound mismatch
between humanity's present environmental circumstances and those that have moulded evolutionary
selection. This concept was first articulated when gestational diabetes was described as ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - All 7 versions
DB Dunger, CJ Petry, KK Ong - Horm Res, 2006 - content.karger.com Size at birth is said to be a highly heritable trait, with an estimated 30-70% of the variability a
result of genetics. Data from family studies may be confounded, however, by potential interactions
between fetal genes and the maternal uterine environment. Overall, the maternal ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov RM Freathy, MN Weedon, A Bennett, E Hyppönen, … - The American Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier The role of genes in normal birth-weight variation is poorly understood, and it has been suggested
that the genetic component of fetal growth is small. Type 2 diabetes genes may influence birth
weight through maternal genotype, by increasing maternal glycemia in pregnancy, or ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►endojournals.org BL Powell, L Haddad, A Bennett, N Gharani, U … - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - Endocrine Soc Context: Variation at the insulin gene VNTR (variable number tandem repeat) minisatellite has
been reported to be associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but findings have been
inconsistent and all studies have featured small sample sizes. ... Objective: To gain a ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - All 5 versions
CW Hay, K Docherty - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc DNA sequences that regulate expression of the insulin gene are located within a region spanning
∼400 bp that flank the transcription start site. This region, the insulin promoter, contains a number
of cis-acting elements that bind transcription factors, some of which are expressed only in ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
VWV Jaddoe, JCM Witteman - European journal of epidemiology, 2006 - Springer Page 1. REVIEW Hypotheses on the fetal origins of adult diseases: Contributions of
epidemiological studies Vincent WV Jaddoe 1,2 & Jacqueline CM Witteman 1 1 Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
A Bennett, U Sovio, A Ruokonen, H Martikainen, A … - Diabetologia, 2005 - Springer Page 1. Diabetologia (2005) 48: 886–891 DOI 10.1007/s00125-005-1737-z ARTICLE A.
Bennett . U. Sovio . A. Ruokonen . H. Martikainen . A. Pouta . S. Taponen . A.-L. Hartikainen .
S. Franks . L. Peltonen . P. Elliott . M.-R. Järvelin . MI McCarthy ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - All 4 versions
S Rodríguez, TR Gaunt, E Dennison, X Chen, HE … - European Journal of …, 2005 - nature.com Interindividual variation of the IGF2-INS-TH region influences risk of a variety of diseases and
complex traits. Previous studies identified a haplotype (designated IGF2-INS-TH * 5 and tagged
by allele A of IGF2 ApaI, allele 9 of TH01 and class I alleles of INS VNTR) associated with ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►endojournals.org TA Vu-Hong, E Durand, S Deghmoun, P Boutin, … - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - Endocrine Soc Results: Class I INS frequencies were similar in the two groups (70% in AGA; 72% in SGA; P
= 0.42). There was significant effect on mean birth weight in neither SGA (P = 0.99) nor AGA
(P = 0.18). Although the INS VNTR locus did not associate with anomalies of insulin ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 5 versions
