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Serum Lipid Concentrations and FADS Genetic Variants in Young Mexican College Students: The UP-AMIGOS Cohort Study.
Lifestyle genomics - 1 Jan 2018
Vazquez-Vidal Itzel, Voruganti V Saroja, Hannon Bridget A, Andrade Flavia Cristina Drumond, Aradillas-García Celia, Nakamura Manabu T, Terán-García Margarita
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BACKGROUND: Recent genome-wide association studies in the Mexican population have identified several genetic loci associated with blood lipid levels in adults. However, studies focusing on the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene cluster have been understudied in this population, even though it seems associated with lipid profiles in other ethnicities. The aim of this study was to test associations between single...
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