TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 29, Issue 3 (March 2005)
Papers
A genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci linked to obesity phenotypes among West Africans
G Chen, A A Adeyemo, T Johnson, J Zhou, A Amoah, S Owusu, J Acheampong, K Agyenim-Boateng, B A Eghan Jr, J Oli, G Okafor, F Abbiyesuku, G M Dunston, Y Chen, F Collins and C Rotimi
Int J Obes 29: 255-259; advance online publication, December 21, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802873
Linkage of serum leptin levels in families with sleep apnea
E K Larkin, R C Elston, S R Patel, P V Tishler, L J Palmer, N S Jenny and S Redline
Int J Obes 29: 260-267; advance online publication, December 21, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802872
Role of the FOXC2 –512C>T polymorphism in type 2 diabetes: possible association with the dysmetabolic syndrome
E Carlsson, L Groop and M Ridderstråle
Int J Obes 29: 268-274; advance online publication, December 14, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802876
Maturation of the expression of adrenomedullin, endothelin-1 and nitric oxide synthases in adipose tissues from childhood to adulthood
I Knerr, C Schirl, T Horbach, A Stuppy, R Carbon, W Rascher and J Dötsch
Int J Obes 29: 275-280; advance online publication, January 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802885
Human adenovirus-36 is associated with increased body weight and paradoxical reduction of serum lipids
R L Atkinson, N V Dhurandhar, D B Allison, R L Bowen, B A Israel, J B Albu and A S Augustus
Int J Obes 29: 281-286; advance online publication, December 21, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802830
Low relative resting metabolic rate and body weight gain in adult Caucasian Italians
S Buscemi, S Verga, G Caimi and G Cerasola
Int J Obes 29: 287-291; advance online publication, January 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802888
Effect of short-term high dietary calcium intake on 24-h energy expenditure, fat oxidation, and fecal fat excretion
R Jacobsen, J K Lorenzen, S Toubro, I Krog-Mikkelsen and A Astrup
Int J Obes 29: 292-301; advance online publication, January 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802785
Validation of a simplified physical activity record by doubly labeled water technique
C Koebnick, K Wagner, F Thielecke, J Moeseneder, A Hoehne, A Franke, H Meyer, A L Garcia, U Trippo and H J F Zunft
Int J Obes 29: 302-309; advance online publication, January 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802882
Association between markers of the metabolic syndrome and lower urinary tract symptoms in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
S Rohrmann, E Smit, E Giovannucci and E A Platz
Int J Obes 29: 310-316; advance online publication, January 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802881
Coronary heart disease risk in men and the epidemic of overweight and obesity
K Nanchahal, J N Morris, L M Sullivan and P W F Wilson
Int J Obes 29: 317-323; advance online publication, December 14, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802877
Childhood obesity and insulin resistance in a Yucatan mini-piglet model: putative roles of IGF-1 and muscle PPARs in adipose tissue activity and development
S P Sébert, G Lecannu, F Kozlowski, B Siliart, J M Bard, M Krempf and M M -J Champ
Int J Obes 29: 324-333; advance online publication, January 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802823
Impact of morbid obesity on medical expenditures in adults
D E Arterburn, M L Maciejewski and J Tsevat
Int J Obes 29: 334-339; advance online publication, January 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802896
An application of bootstrap resampling method to obtain confidence interval for percentile fatness cutoff points in childhood and adolescence overweight diagnoses
F A B Colugnati, F Louzada-Neto and J A de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei
Int J Obes 29: 340-347; advance online publication, December 14, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802866
