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Association study of childhood obesity with eight genetic variants recently identified by genome-wide association studies.
Pediatric research - 1 Sept 2014
Meng Xiang-Rui, Song Jie-Yun, Ma Jun, Liu Fang-Hong, Shang Xiao-Rui, Guo Xu-Jun, Wang Hai-Jun
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BACKGROUND: Being overweight or obese is becoming increasingly common in low- and middle-income countries. The present study aimed to examine association of eight genetic variants with obesity and to estimate the cumulative effects of these variants in Chinese children. METHODS: We conducted the case-control study in a total of 2,030 subjects. Genotyping of seven novel variants was performed with matrix-assisted...
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