Obesity study in Malaysian Malays with focus on candidate genes and biomarkers / Yamunah Devi Apalasamy

• Main Author: Apalasamy, Yamunah Devi
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/1/1._Title_page%2C_abstract%2C_content.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/2/C_1_%26_2_INTRO_%26_LIT_REVIEW.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/3/C_3_MATERIALS_%26_METHODS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/4/C_4_RESULTS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/5/C_5_%26_6_DISCUSSION_%26_CONCLUSION.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/6/References.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/7/X_APPENDICES.pdf; http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Obesity+study+in+Malaysian+Malays+with+focus+on+candidate+genes+and+biomarkers&te=; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3882/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Obesity is in rising prevalence globally and it has been associated with high mortality rate and other comorbidities. Obesity is a highly heritable disorder but genes responsible for hereditary variations remain to be largely elusive. Recent findings have shown that single nucleotide polymorphisms (...