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Allelic variants in vitamin D receptor gene are associated with adiposity measures in the central-European population.
BMC medical genetics - 22 Aug 2017
Bienertová-Vašků Julie, Zlámal Filip, Pohořalá Aneta, Mikeš Ondřej, Goldbergová-Pávková Monika, Novák Jan, Šplíchal Zbyněk, Pikhart Hynek
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BACKGROUND: There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that vitamin D is involved in ethiopathogenesis of obesity and therefore the aim of the study was to investigate whether 5 selected SNPs in VDR (vitamin D receptor) gene are associated also with anthropometry in the obese and non-obese Central-European population. METHODS: A total of 882 Central European Caucasian individuals of Czech origin were...
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