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Polymorphisms of the FTO and MTHFR genes and vascular, inflammatory and metabolic marker levels in postmenopausal women.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Aug 2016
Chedraui P, Pérez-López F R, Escobar G S, Espinoza-Caicedo J A, Montt-Guevara M, Genazzani A R, Simoncini T
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in postmenopausal women with and without the metabolic syndrome (METS) and to explore levels of circulating biomarkers of inflammation, vascular and metabolic dysfunction according to SNP genotypes. METHODS: DNA was extracted from the whole blood of 192 natural postmenopausal women (40 to 65 years) screened for the METS and...
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