Research Article
Sequence Analysis of the UCP1 Gene in a Severe Obese Population from Southern Italy
Table 1
General and biochemical characteristics of obese patients and control subjects.
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*Statistically significant difference between obese and control subjects, at Mann-Whitney test. Biochemical parameters were measured by routine laboratory methods. Adipokines concentrations were measured by ELISA assay (LINCO Research, Mo, USA). Values are expressed as mean ± SD. |