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Vitamin D Deficiency in Uygurs and Kazaks Is Associated with Polymorphisms in CYP2R1 and DHCR7/NADSYN1 Genes.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 7 Jul 2015
Xu Xinjuan, Mao Jiangfeng, Zhang Mingchen, Liu Haiming, Li Haixia, Lei Hong, Han Lu, Gao Min
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BACKGROUND: Our study is aimed to 1) clarify the vitamin D status in Uygur and Kazak ethnic populations and 2) elucidate the relationship between 14 SNPs (in 5 vitamin D-related genes) and vitamin D deficiency in these 2 ethnic populations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A multistage-cluster sampling survey was carried out for residents with Uygur or Kazak ethnicity in Xinjiang, China. Anthropometric measurements were...
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