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Interleukin-6 polymorphisms are associated with obesity and hyperglycemia in Mexican adolescents.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jan 2013
Ramírez-López Guadalupe, Portilla-de Buen Eliseo, Sánchez-Corona José, Salmerón-Castro Jorge, Mendoza-Carrera Francisco
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Interleukin-6 is an inflammatory response mediator used as a metabolic marker of obesity. Polymorphisms IL6 -597C>A, -572G>C, and -174G>C modify the production of this protein. The associations between these haplotypes and obesity or metabolic markers have not been studied in adolescents, so an analysis of these associations was performed. METHODS: The cross-sectional study included 745...
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