Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

Seasonality in maternal intake and activity influence offspring's birth size among rural Indian mothers--Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (2009)

Rao, Shobha, Kanade, Asawari N, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Fall, Caroline H D

Background Farming populations from developing countries are exposed to seasonal energy stress due to variations in food availability and energy output related to agricultural activities. This study...

Evolutionary origins of insulin resistance: a behavioral switch hypothesis (2007)

Watve, Milind G, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S

Abstract Background Insulin resistance, which can lead to a number of diseases including type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, is believed to have evolved as an adaptation to periodic...

Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans (2006)

Chandak, Giriraj R, Ward, Kirsten J, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Pandit, Anand N, Bavdekar, Ashish, Joglekar, Charu V, ...

Abstract Background The APOA5 gene variants, -1131T>C and S19W, are associated with altered triglyceride concentrations in studies of subjects of Caucasian and East Asian descent. There are few...

Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5 gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans (2006)

Chandak, Giriraj R., Ward, Kirsten J., Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Pandit, Anand N., Bavdekar, Ashish, Joglekar, Charu V., ...

BACKGROUND: The APOA5 gene variants, -1131T>C and S19W, are associated with altered triglyceride concentrations in studies of subjects of Caucasian and East Asian descent. There are few studies of...

Allelic drop-out may occur with a primer binding site polymorphism for the commonly used RFLP assay for the -1131T>C polymorphism of the Apolipoprotein AVgene (2006)

Ward, Kirsten J, Ellard, Sian, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Frayling, Timothy M, Hattersley, Andrew T, Venigalla, Prathyusha NS, ...

Abstract Apolipoprotein AV (ApoAV) gene variant, -1131T>C, is associated with increased triglyceride concentrations in all ethnic groups studied. An MseI based RFLP analysis is the most commonly used...

Higher offspring birth weight predicts the metabolic syndrome in mothers but not fathers 8 years after delivery: The Pune Children's Study (2003)

Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Joglekar, Charu V., Pandit, Anand N., Bavdekar, Ashish R., Bapat, Swati A., Bhave, Sheila A., ...

In Europid populations, low birth weight of offspring predicts insulin resistance in the mother and cardiovascular disease in both parents. We investigated the association between birth weight of...

Micronutrients and fetal growth (2003)

Fall, Caroline H. D., Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Rao, Shobha, Davies, Anna A., Brown, Nick, Farrant, Hannah J. W.

Fetal undernutrition affects large numbers of infants in developing countries, with adverse consequences for their immediate survival and lifelong health. It manifests as intrauterine growth...

Intake of micronutrient-rich foods in rural Indian mothers is associated with the size of their babies at birth: Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (2001)

Rao, Shobha, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Kanade, Asawari, Fall, Caroline H., Margetts, Barrie M., Jackson, Alan A., ...

One third of the Indian babies are of low birth weight (

Allelic drop-out may occur with a primer binding site polymorphism for the commonly used RFLP assay for the -1131T>C polymorphism of the Apolipoprotein AV gene

Ward, Kirsten J, Ellard, Sian, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Frayling, Timothy M, Hattersley, Andrew T, Venigalla, Prathyusha NS, ...

Apolipoprotein AV (ApoAV) gene variant, -1131T>C, is associated with increased triglyceride concentrations in all ethnic groups studied. An MseI based RFLP analysis is the most commonly used method...

Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5 gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans

Chandak, Giriraj R, Ward, Kirsten J, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Pandit, Anand N, Bavdekar, Ashish, Joglekar, Charu V, ...

Allelic drop-out may occur with a primer binding site polymorphism for the commonly used RFLP assay for the -1131T>C polymorphism of the Apolipoprotein AV gene

Ward, Kirsten J, Ellard, Sian, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Frayling, Timothy M, Hattersley, Andrew T, Venigalla, Prathyusha NS, ...

Apolipoprotein AV (ApoAV) gene variant, -1131T>C, is associated with increased triglyceride concentrations in all ethnic groups studied. An MseI based RFLP analysis is the most commonly used method...

Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5 gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans

Chandak, Giriraj R, Ward, Kirsten J, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Pandit, Anand N, Bavdekar, Ashish, Joglekar, Charu V, ...

Evolutionary origins of insulin resistance: a behavioral switch hypothesis

Watve, Milind G, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S