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An obesity genetic risk score predicts risk of insulin resistance among Chinese children.
Endocrine - 1 Dec 2014
Xi Bo, Zhao Xiaoyuan, Shen Yue, Wu Lijun, Hou Dongqing, Cheng Hong, Mi Jie
Abstract excerpt
A great number of body mass index (BMI)/obesity-related loci have been identified by recent genome-wide association studies. The objective of the study is to investigate the associations of 11 obesity-related loci with insulin resistance (IR) in a Chinese children population. Participants included 3,468 Chinese children, aged 6-18 years. The 75 percentile (equal to 2.93) of homeostasis model assessment of IR...
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