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Body adiposity but not insulin resistance is associated with -675 4G/5G polymorphism in the PAI-1 gene in a sample of Mexican children.
Jornal de pediatria - 1 Jan 2000
de la Cruz-Mosso Ulises, Muñoz-Valle José Francisco, Salgado-Bernabé Aralia Berenice, Castro-Alarcón Natividad, Salgado-Goytia Lorenzo, Sánchez-Corona José, Flores-Martínez Silvia Esperanza, Parra-Rojas Isela
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the -675 4G/5G polymorphism in the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene is associated with obesity and insulin resistance in Mexican children. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in 174 children, 89 with normal-weight and 85 with obesity, aged from 6 to 13 years. All children were from state of Guerrero, and recruited from three primary schools in the city of...
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