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New evidence for associations between vitamin D receptor polymorphism and obesity: case-control and family-based studies.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2020
Yu Songcheng, Li Xing, Yu Fei, Mao Zhenxing, Wang Yan, Xue Yuan, Sun Hualei, Ba Yue, Wang Chongjian, Li Wenjie
Abstract excerpt
Association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) genetic polymorphism and obesity was observed in several case-control studies. This study hypothesized that these associations could be verified in family-based study. We aimed at investigating the associations between VDR SNPs and obesity (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2) by case-control study with 688 subjects and family-based study with 419 pedigrees. The results of case-control...
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