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Relationship of lipid regulatory gene polymorphisms and dyslipidemia in a pediatric population: the CASPIAN III study.
Hormones (Athens, Greece) - 1 Mar 2018
Hovsepian Silva, Javanmard Shaghayegh Haghjooy, Mansourian Marjan, Tajadini Mohamadhasan, Hashemipour Mahin, Kelishadi Roya
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to assess the association between four variants in three genes whose association has been reported in adults but not in children. We evaluated the relationship of the GCKR (rs780094), GCKR (rs1260333), FADS (rs174547), and MLXIPL (rs3812316) polymorphisms with serum lipid levels in Iranian children. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a subpopulation of the...
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