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Genotypic carriers of the obesity-associated FTO polymorphism exhibit different cardiometabolic profiles after an intervention.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias - 1 Jan 2000
Moraes Greice G, Reuter Cézane P, Renner Jane D P, Klinger Elisa I, Ferreira Michele B, Mello Elza D DE, Valim Andréia DE M, Burgos Miria S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND:: Children and adolescents with at-risk genotypes (AA/AT) of the rs9939609 polymorphism in FTO, a fat mass and obesity-associated gene, may exhibit different cardiometabolic profile responses than subjects with the TT genotype after an interdisciplinary intervention. METHODS:: The sample consisted of 36 school children from southern Brazil. We used DNA quantitation and real-time polymerase chain...
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