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Obesity gene variant and elite endurance performance.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Dec 2001
Moore G E, Shuldiner A R, Zmuda J M, Ferrell R E, McCole S D, Hagberg J M
Abstract excerpt
beta2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) Gln27Glu genotype was determined in sedentary (n = 19), active (n = 20), and elite endurance athletic (n = 24) Caucasian postmenopausal women. Age was similar in all physical activity and ADRB2 genotype groups. ADRB2 genotypes were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in sedentary and active women, but not in the athletes (chi(2) = 4.28, P <.05), due to the near absence of ADRB2...
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