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Clinical features of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents: minor role of the Trp64Arg beta3-adrenergic receptor gene variant.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2004
Porto Patricia Inés, García Silvia Inés, Dieuzeide Guillermo, González Claudio, Landa María Silvina, Pirola Carlos José
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and hypertension are increasing medical problems in adolescents. We evaluated the association between being overweight-particularly abdominal fat-and having hypertension and assessed the contribution of the Trp64Arg beta3-adrenergic receptor gene variant. In a population-based study, we determined family history, anthropometric variables, and arterial blood pressure of 934 high school students, out of...
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