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Genetic association analysis of vitamin D pathway with obesity traits.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Oct 2013
Vimaleswaran K S, Cavadino A, Berry D J, Whittaker J C, Power C, Järvelin M-R, Hyppönen E
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OBJECTIVE: Observational studies have examined the link between vitamin D deficiency and obesity traits. Some studies have reported associations between vitamin D pathway genes such as VDR, GC and CYP27B1 with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC); however, the findings have been inconsistent. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of vitamin D metabolic pathway genes in obesity-related traits in...
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