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Association of estrogen receptor-alpha genotypes with body mass index in normal healthy postmenopausal Caucasian women.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2000
Deng H W, Li J, Li J L, Dowd R, Davies K M, Johnson M, Gong G, Deng H, Recker R R
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence suggest the importance of the estrogen receptor (ER) in determining body mass index (BMI). Our purpose was to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms at the restriction enzyme PvuII site of the ER-alpha gene locus are associated with BMI variation. Data on BMI, age, and ER-alpha genotypes were obtained from 108 healthy midwestern U.S. postmenopausal Caucasian women. The study subjects...
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