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Lack of an association between three tagging SNPs within the FTO gene and smoking behavior.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Aug 2012
Hubacek Jaroslav A, Dlouha Dana, Lanska Vera, Adamkova Vera
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INTRODUCTION: Using genome-wide screening, a polymorphism within the second intron of the FTO gene (rs2302673) was found to be associated with smoking habits in females. In a population-based, cross-sectional study, we analyzed three tagging FTO single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for their association with smoking behavior. METHODS: Subjects from the Czech post-MONICA study, including 1,191 adult males (32.1%...
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