2003
A 5‐HT2C receptor promoter polymorphism (HTR2C − 759C/T) is associated with obesity in women, and with resistance to weight loss in heterozygotes
Pooley EC, Fairburn CG, Cooper Z, Sodhi MS, Cowen PJ, Harrison PJ. A 5‐HT2C receptor promoter polymorphism (HTR2C − 759C/T) is associated with obesity in women, and with resistance to weight loss in heterozygotes. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2003, 126B: 124-127. PMID: 15048662, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObese womenWeight lossPromoter polymorphismNon-obese womenHigh triglyceride levelsInfluences weight lossAnti-obesity drugsRT-PCR studiesObese groupT statusTriglyceride levelsRisk factorsAntipsychotic drugsObesity trialsFrontal cortexPharmacogenetic testingSerotonin 5C subjectsBody weightC alleleWeight gainObesityT subjectsWomenPsychological treatment
1999
Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa: Three Integrated Case-Control Comparisons
Fairburn CG, Cooper Z, Doll HA, Welch SL. Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa: Three Integrated Case-Control Comparisons. JAMA Psychiatry 1999, 56: 468-476. PMID: 10232302, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.5.468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsPsychiatric disordersAnorexia nervosaBulimia nervosaHealthy control subjectsParental psychiatric disordersPutative risk factorsCase-control comparisonCase-control designParental obesityControl subjectsHealthy controlsEarly menarcheFemale subjectsNervosaPsychiatric controlsDisordersSubjectsGreater exposureExposureMost casesFactorsObesityMenarche