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Association of the common genetic variant upstream of INSIG2 gene with obesity related phenotypes in Chinese children and adolescents.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Dec 2008
Wang Hai-Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shi-Wei, Pan Yong-Ping, Ma Jun
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OBJECTIVE: To study the association between the rs7566605 variant of INSIG2 and obesity-related phenotypes in Chinese children and adolescents. METHODS: The study sample consisted of two independent cohorts of Chinese children and adolescents. Anthropometric indices, lipids, blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin and percentage of fat mass were determined. PCR with restriction fragment length polymorphism...
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