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Biallelic and triallelic approaches of 5-HTTLPR polymorphism are associated with food intake and nutritional status in childhood.
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry - 1 May 2017
Miranda Raquel C K, Genro Júlia P, Campagnolo Paula D B, Mattevi Vanessa S, Vitolo Márcia R, Almeida Silvana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The 5-HTT gene contains polymorphisms in its promoter region, the insertion/deletion (5-HTTLPR) that creates long (L) or short (S) alleles (biallelic approach) and SNP (rs25531) in L allele (triallelic approach). OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to investigate the association of the 5-HTTLPR and rs25531 polymorphisms, using bi- and triallelic approach, with dietary intake and anthropometric...
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