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RBP4 variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in Chinese Hans.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jul 2009
Wu Ying, Li Huaixing, Loos Ruth J F, Qi Qibin, Hu Frank B, Liu Yong, Lin Xu
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We previously found that plasma RBP4 levels were strongly associated with metabolic syndrome components. This study aimed to determine whether RBP4 variants are associated with the metabolic syndrome components and plasma RBP4 levels, and to investigate whether the associations between plasma RBP4 and the metabolic syndrome components are causal. Five tagSNPs were tested for their associations with plasma RBP4...
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