文摘
South Asians have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than white Caucasians. Though the underlying cause is still poorly understood, we recently found that South Asian adolescents have reduced resting energy expenditure (REE) compared to white Caucasian adolescents. *, # both authors contributed equally Depts. of 1 Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, 3 Nuclear Medicine, 5 Cardiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands, 4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rijnland hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands, 6 TNO-Biosciences, Leiden, The Netherlands, 7 Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: m.r.boon@lumc.nl