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Association between polymorphisms of fat mass and obesity-associated gene and metabolic syndrome in Kazakh adults of Xinjiang, China.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 19 Nov 2015
Hu Y H, Liu J M, Zhang M, Ma R L, Guo H, Wang K, He J, Yan Y Z, Rui D S, Sun F, Mu L T, Niu Q, Ding Y S, Zhang J Y, Li S G, Guo S X
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to assess the association between three FTO polymorphisms (rs9939609, rs8057044, and rs1421085) and metabolic syndrome (MS)-related outcomes in the low-income, rural, nomadic minority Khazakh population in far western China. A total of 489 subjects (245 MS patients, 244 controls) were included in the study and DNA samples were genotyped for the three polymorphisms by matrix-assisted...
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