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Association between endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms and risk of metabolic syndrome.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Liu Chiu-Shong, Huang Ru-Jiun, Sung Fung-Chang, Lin Cheng-Chieh, Yeh Chih-Ching
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies inferring that the NOS3 gene was associated with the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) had inconsistent findings. We investigated the role of three NOS3 polymorphisms (T-786C, intron 4b/a, and G894T) in the risk of MetS using a hospital-based case-control study. METHODS: We recruited 339 MetS cases and 783 non-MetS controls at a central Taiwanese hospital. Information on...
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