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Associations of obesity susceptibility loci with hypertension in Chinese children.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jul 2013
Xi B, Zhao X, Shen Y, Wu L, Hotta K, Hou D, Cheng H, Wang X, Mi J
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CONTEXT: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with body mass index (BMI)/obesity. OBJECTIVE: As obesity is an independent risk factor for hypertension, the objective of the study was to investigate the associations of obesity susceptibility loci with blood pressure (BP)/hypertension in a population of Chinese children. DESIGN,...
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