Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk.

Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk.

BACKGROUND: Sex differences in lipids and body shape, but not diabetes, increase at puberty. Hong Kong Chinese are mainly first or second generation migrants from China, who have shared an economically developed environment for years, but grew up in very different environments in Hong Kong or contem...

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Main Authors: C Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, G Neil Thomas, Benjamin J Cowling, Michelle Heys, Edward D Janus, Gabriel M Leung, Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2031823?pdf=render

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