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Glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) gene rs4425043 polymorphism is associated with overweight and obesity in Chinese women.
Lipids - 1 Apr 2011
Cao Feifei, Wang Xiaofeng, Lu Ming, Yang Yajun, An Yu, Zhang Juan, Chen Xingdong, Li Lei, Li Shuyuan, Jiang Jie, Ye Weimin, Jin Li
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of GCKR polymorphism on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Chinese female subjects using a gene-wide tagging- single nucleotide polymorphism (tSNP) strategy. We conducted a genetic association study in the Taizhou Retiree Women Cohort, a sub-cohort of the Taizhou longitudinal study. We genotyped four tSNPs (rs4425043, rs780094, rs814295, and rs8179206)...
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