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Glucose impairment and ghrelin gene variants are associated to cognitive dysfunction.
Aging clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2014
Mora M, Mansego M L, Serra-Prat M, Palomera E, Boquet X, Chaves J F, Puig-Domingo M
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cognitive state and brain volume have been related to body mass index, abdominal fat, waist-hip ratio, components of metabolic syndrome (MS) and ghrelin. Genetic variations within the ghrelin gene have been recently associated to MS. The aim of our study was to investigate cognitive state by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in relation to MS components (ATP-III criteria) and ghrelin gene...
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