Article
Body size, IGF and growth hormone polymorphisms, and colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Aug 2010
Wernli Karen J, Newcomb Polly A, Wang Yinghui, Makar Karen W, Shadman Mazyar, Chia Victoria M, Burnett-Hartman Andrea, Wurscher Michelle A, Zheng Yingye, Mandelson Margaret T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined the risk of colorectal polyps in relation to body size factors and candidate polymorphisms in selected genes of insulin-like growth factor (IGF1) (rs5742612), IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) (rs2229765), IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) (rs2854746) and growth hormone (GH1) (rs2665802). DESIGN: Cases with colorectal adenomas (n=519), hyperplastic polyps (n=691), or both lesions (n=227), and controls...
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