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Fetal and maternal peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma2 Pro12Ala does not influence birth weight.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Nov 2006
Pfab Thiemo, Poralla Christine, Richter Claus-Michael, Godes Michael, Slowinski Torsten, Priem Friedrich, Halle Horst, Hocher Berthold
Abstract excerpt
The association between the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism and insulin resistance is reported to depend on low birth weight. Low birth weight itself has been linked to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. We assessed whether the PPARgamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism determines body size at birth and whether metabolic differences between the genotypes...
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