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Elite athletes' genetic predisposition for altered risk of complex metabolic traits.
BMC genomics - 23 Jan 2015
Banting Lauren K, Pushkarev Vladimir P, Cieszczyk Pawel, Zarebska Aleksandra, Maciejewska-Karlowska Agnieszka, Sawczuk M-Arek, Leońska-Duniec Agata, Dyatlov Dmitry A, Orekhov Evgeniy F, Degtyarev Aleksandr V, Pushkareva Yuliya E, Yan Xu, Birk Ruth, Eynon Nir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic variants may predispose humans to elevated risk of common metabolic morbidities such as obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Some of these variants have also been shown to influence elite athletic performance and the response to exercise training. We compared the genotype distribution of five genetic Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) known to be associated with obesity and obesity...
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