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Adiponectin gene polymorphisms (T45G and G276T), adiponectin levels and risk for metabolic diseases in an Arab population.
Gene - 1 Feb 2012
Al-Daghri Nasser M, Al-Attas Omar S, Alokail Majed S, Alkharfy Khalid M, Hussain Tajamul, Yakout Sobhy, Vinodson Benjamin, Sabico Shaun
Abstract excerpt
In this study we examined the association of adiponectin gene variants with circulating adiponectin, and known metabolic diseases in 298 healthy controls and 297 Saudi subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Anthropometric and biochemical parameters were measured by standard procedures. Genotyping of T45G and G276T single nucleotide polymorphisms of adiponectin gene was carried out by PCR-RFLP analysis. No...
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