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Postgraduate student. University of Leeds UK. Statistical Epidemiology,
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May 16 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 5 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 23 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 18 |
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What are the differences between white and brown adipose tissue? but Kevin's answer on meta wasn't shot down, so I assumed it would be OK.... |
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May 18 |
asked | What are the differences between white and brown adipose tissue? |
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May 16 |
accepted | obesity risk and single gene polymorphisms |
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May 16 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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May 11 |
awarded | Teacher |
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May 11 |
answered | obesity risk and single gene polymorphisms |
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May 9 |
awarded | Quorum |
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May 9 |
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obesity risk and single gene polymorphisms I think there are some statistical issues with this - such as multiple testing and family-wise error, but most of the studies in the meta-analysis I linked to seem to be quite solid and found odds ratios with confidence intervals comfortably above 1. Clearly it is well known that obesity etiology is multi-factorial and genetics plays a relatively smaller part (compared to the environment), but the evidence does seem clear that there are some genetic components, and gene-environment interactions are also likely. |
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May 8 |
asked | obesity risk and single gene polymorphisms |
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May 8 |
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Primary function of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase +1 by the way :) |
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May 8 |
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Primary function of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase @Larry_Parnell Sorry, by writing "(adipocytes)" I meant to query whether the /primary/ function of LPL in adipose tissue is fat storage ? I took home from the answer is that LPL performs fat uptake and thereby facilitates fat storage. |
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May 8 |
awarded | Supporter |
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May 8 |
awarded | Scholar |
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May 8 |
accepted | Primary function of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase |
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May 8 |
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Primary function of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase Great answer. Thank you ! I would upvote, but I don't have sufficient rep myself (yet). Just a further query: when I read: "facilitate fat uptake and storage" would I be right in saying the /primary/ function is fat uptake, which then results in fat storage (in adipocytes). |
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May 8 |
awarded | Editor |
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May 8 |
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Primary function of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase added 90 characters in body |
