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Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase and angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphisms related to overweight/obesity among Saudi subjects from Qassim Region.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2009
Settin Ahmad A, Algasham Abdullah, Dowaidar Moataz, Ismail Hisham
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This work was planned to check for the association of polymorphisms related to methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genes with overweight/obesity among Saudi subjects from Qassim region. METHODS: This work included 130 subjects having overweight or obesity and 111 normal controls. Their age mean +/- SD was 27 +/- 9.8 and 24 +/- 8.8 years respectively....
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