Status:
UNKNOWN
A Cohort Research of Genetic Susceptibility for Common Obesity in Women
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Conditions:
Obesity
Menopause
Eligibility:
FEMALE
35-65 years
Brief Summary
Not many studies examined genetic determinants of obesity in women. As pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women appear to have different propensities for fat deposition, genetic loci linked with obesi...
Detailed Description
Not many studies examined genetic determinants of obesity in women. As premenopausal and postmenopausal women appear to have different propensities for fat deposition, genetic loci linked with obesity...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Premenopausal Women Group
- Age: 35 \~ 50 years old
- Subjects have menstrual period
- Subjects are not pregnant
- Subject is willing to sign inform consent
- Postmenopausal Women Group
- Age: 50 \~ 65 years old
- Women who have not menstruated within the last 12 months
- Subject is willing to sign inform consent.
Exclusion
- Pregnant women
- Women with known diabetes and fasting plasma glucose (PG) higher than 126 mg/dL
- Women have liver, kidney, heart and neurological diseases, as well as they have history of hyper- and hypothyroidism
- Subject has acute illness in the past 6 months
- Subject has history of alcohol or substance abuse
- Taking concomitant medication including hormone replacement and anti-lipid agents in two weeks
- Women with difficult giving venous blood sample
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
1200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01488903
Start Date
September 1 2011
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
December 14 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 112