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Evaluation of gene-obesity interaction effects on cholesterol levels: a genetic predisposition score on HDL-cholesterol is modified by obesity.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 2012
Lamina Claudia, Forer Lukas, Schönherr Sebastian, Kollerits Barbara, Ried Janina S, Gieger Christian, Peters Annette, Wichmann H-Erich, Kronenberg Florian
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OBJECTIVE: Effect modification by obesity or obesity-related phenotypes (e.g. physical activity and diet) was observed in some candidate gene studies on lipids. We aimed to evaluate gene-obesity interaction effects on HDL (HDL-C), LDL (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC) levels using genetic predisposition scores. METHODS: We derived imputed genotypes for 104 SNPs in 84 lipid-associated loci in the population-based...
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