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Association of common variants of UCP2 gene with low-grade inflammation in Swedish children and adolescents; the European Youth Heart Study.
Pediatric research - 1 Sept 2009
Labayen Idoia, Ortega Francisco B, Sjöström Michael, Nilsson Torbjörn K, Olsson Lovisa A, Ruiz Jonatan R
Abstract excerpt
We examined the associations of two functional variants 866G>A and DEL/INS polymorphisms of UCP2 gene with low-grade inflammatory proteins (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, complement C3 [C3], and complement C4 [C4]) in 131 children (52.7% boys, aged 9.5 +/- 0.4 y) and 118 adolescents (44.1% males, aged 15.5 +/- 0.4 y) selected from the European Youth Heart Study. Differences in inflammatory markers among the...
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