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Obesity risk prediction among women of Upper Egypt: The impact of serum vaspin and vaspin rs2236242 gene polymorphism.
Gene - 30 Aug 2017
Abdel Ghany Soad M, Sayed Ayat A, El-Deek Sahar E M, ElBadre Hala M, Dahpy Marwa A, Saleh Medhat A, Sharaf El-Deen Hanan, Mustafa Mohamed H
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BACKGROUND: Vaspin is an adipokine that is potentially linking obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes. AIM: The present study aimed to investigate the impact of vaspin rs2236242 gene polymorphism on the risk of obesity, diabetes, their metabolic traits, and serum vaspin levels in a sample of Upper Egyptian women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 224 subjects, 112 obese (62 non...
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