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Strong gender-specific additive effects of the NYD-SP18 and FTO variants on BMI values.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2015
Hubacek J A, Dlouha D, Lanska V, Adamkova V
Abstract excerpt
The role of the FTO gene in obesity development is well established in populations around the world. The NYD-SP18 variant has been suggested to have a similar effect on BMI, but the role of this gene in determining BMI has not yet been verified. The objective of our study was to confirm the association between NYD-SP18 rs6971019 SNP and BMI in the Slavic population and to analyze i) the gender-specific effects of...
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