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Studies of the associations between functional beta2-adrenergic receptor variants and obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes in 7,808 white subjects.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2007
Gjesing A P, Andersen G, Burgdorf K S, Borch-Johnsen K, Jørgensen T, Hansen T, Pedersen O
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Functional and common Arg16Gly and Gln27Glu polymorphisms have been identified in ADRB2, the gene encoding the beta2-adrenergic receptor. These variants have previously been examined for association with obesity, hypertension and diabetes with inconclusive results. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated both of these variants in 7,808 unrelated, middle-aged white people for their association with...
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