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Variant rs1421085 in the FTO gene contribute childhood obesity in Chinese children aged 3-6 years.
Obesity research & clinical practice - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Lina, Yu Qing, Xiong Yan, Liu Linfei, Zhang Xuening, Zhang Zhen, Wu Jianru, Wang Bei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Childhood obesity has become a public health crisis worldwide due to an alarming increase in its prevalence. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the common variants (rs1421085 and rs17817449) of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene are associated with the obesity in adult and children in European. However, these two variants of FTO gene in childhood obesity have not been established in...
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