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Determinants of obesity among men with the lewis double-negative blood group: a genetic marker of obesity-the Copenhagen Male Study.
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders - 1 Apr 2011
Gyntelberg Finn, Hein Hans Ole, Suadicani Poul
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Middle-aged and elderly men with the Lewis blood group phenotype Le(a-b-), have a two-fold higher prevalence of obesity than others. We investigated if the association could be ascribed to differences in lifestyle, or if obesity determinants had a different impact in this group. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study of 3,290 men aged 53-74 years with a mean of 63 years drawn from the Copenhagen Male...
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