PS1 - 8. Brown adipose tissue volume is markedly lower in healthy lean adolescents from South Asian compared to white Caucasian origin

Autor: Bakker, Leontine E.H., Boon, Mariëtte R., Linden, Rianne A.D., Arias-Bouda, Lenka Pereira, Smit, Frits, Jukema, J. Wouter, Havekes, Louis M., Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D., Jazet, Ingrid M., Rensen, Patrick C.N.
Zdroj: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Diabetologie; November 2013, Vol. 11 Issue: 4 p147-147, 1p
Abstrakt: South Asians have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than white Caucasians. Though the underlying cause is still poorly understood, we recently found that South Asian adolescents have reduced resting energy expenditure (REE) compared to white Caucasian adolescents.
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