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Interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms, dietary fat intake, obesity and serum lipid concentrations in black and white South African women.
Nutrients - 24 Jun 2014
Joffe Yael T, van der Merwe Lize, Evans Juliet, Collins Malcolm, Lambert Estelle V, September Alison V, Goedecke Julia H
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated interactions between dietary fat intake and IL-6 polymorphisms on obesity and serum lipids in black and white South African (SA) women. Normal-weight and obese, black and white women underwent measurements of body composition, serum lipids and dietary fat intake, and were genotyped for the IL-6 -174 G>C, IVS3 +281 G>T and IVS4 +869 A>G polymorphisms. In black women the IVS4 +869 G allele...
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