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CYP19A1 genetic polymorphisms may be associated with obesity-related phenotypes in Chinese women.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Mar 2007
Long J-R, Shu X-O, Cai Q, Wen W, Kataoka N, Gao Y-T, Zheng W
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of the CYP19A1 gene and obesity-related phenotypes, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). SUBJECTS: In total, 1241 Chinese women, who were recruited as community controls for a population-based case-control study of breast cancer. METHODS: Nineteen haplotype tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (htSNPs) in four haplotype blocks...
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