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Variants in the PPARGC1A Gene may Influence the Effect of Fat Intake on Resting Metabolic Rate in Obese Women.
Lipids - 1 Mar 2018
Moradi Sajjad, Mirzaei Khadijeh, Maghbooli Zhila, Abdurahman Ahmed A, Keshavarz Seyed Ali
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that dietary intake and genetic variants play a decisive role in the risk of obesity. Therefore, this study was designed to examine the interaction between dietary fat and PPARGC1A polymorphisms on the level of resting metabolic rate (RMR). We enrolled 288 Iranian overweight and obese women in this cross-sectional study. We sequenced the 648 b.p. DNA in Exon 8 of PPARGC1A gene. We...
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