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Association of Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome and its components among adult Arabs from the United Arab Emirates.
Diabetes & metabolic syndrome - 1 Dec 2017
Hasan Hayder A, AbuOdeh Ra'ed O, Muda Wan Abdul Manan Bin Wan, Mohamed Hamid Jan Bin Jan, Samsudin Ab Rani
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AIMS: The aim was to investigate relationships of Vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) polymorphisms to the components of MetS among Arabs adult residing in the United Arab Emirates. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 198 Arabs adult (50 males and 148 females). Serum levels of glucose, vitamin D, HDL-C, and TG, and blood pressure were measured. FokI, BsmI & TaqI genotyping of VDR were investigated using PCR-RFLP...
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