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Genotype by smoking interaction for leptin levels in the San Antonio Family Heart Study.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Feb 2002
Martin Lisa J, Cole Shelley A, Hixson James E, Mahaney Michael C, Czerwinski Stefan A, Almasy Laura, Blangero John, Comuzzie Anthony G
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Recent studies reported a marked inverse effect of smoking on serum levels of leptin (an adipocyte derived protein), offering a possible explanation for variation in body weight between smokers and non-smokers. The goal of this study was to examine the genetic architecture of the response to smoking in leptin levels using data from the San Antonio Family Heart Study. We employed a variance decomposition analysis...
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