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cholesterol management, body composition testing, enrico fermi, livelihoods, tanita body composition, exercise body fat, national institutes of health, beta carotene, teller ulam device, calorie needs, fatreduction,
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2002 Feb;8(2):88-94. Links The alpha 2-adrenergic receptor gene and body fat content skin moisture and distribution: the HERITAGE Family Study.Garenc C, Perusse L, Chagnon YC, Rankinen T, Gagnon J, Borecki IB, Leon AS, Skinner JS, Wilmore JH, Rao DC, Bouchard C.Division of Kinesiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.BACKGROUND: Among adrenergic receptor subtypes that regulate lipid mobilization, the alpha2-adrenergic receptor is involved in the inhibition of fatty acid mobilization from adipose tissue. A C-1291G polymorphism is located in the alpha2-adrenergic receptor skin moisture gene (ADRA2A) but no association with body fat accumulation has been reported skin moisture yet. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Body mass index (BMI), fat mass (FAT), percentage body fat (%FAT), trunk-to-extremity skinfold ratio (TER), sum of eight skinfolds (SF8), and abdominal subcutaneous (ASF), visceral (AVF), and total (ATF) fat areas assessed by CT scan have been measured in adult sedentary white (n = 503) and black (n = 276) subjects participating in the HERITAGE Family Study.
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