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CYP27B1 as an instrument gene to investigate the causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and obesity: a family-based study.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 May 2020
Yu Songcheng, Feng Yinhua, Qu Chenling, Huo Wenqian, Mao Zhenxing, Wang Chongjian, Li Wenjie, Li Xing
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D deficiency was associated with obesity. However, the causal relationship remains controversial. We hypothesized that there would be family-based associations in both vitamin D deficient families and obese families for the SNPs associated with vitamin D deficiency, if vitamin D deficiency was a causal factor of obesity. We aimed to investigate the family-based association of SNPs in CYP27B1...
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