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The Association of Multiple Gene Variants with Ageing Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes in Elderly Women.
Genes - 5 Dec 2020
Khanal Praval, He Lingxiao, Herbert Adam J, Stebbings Georgina K, Onambele-Pearson Gladys L, Degens Hans, Morse Christopher I, Thomis Martine, Williams Alun G
Abstract excerpt
There is a scarcity of studies that have investigated the role of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on a range of muscle phenotypes in an elderly population. The present study investigated the possible association of 24 SNPs with skeletal muscle phenotypes in 307 elderly Caucasian women (aged 60-91 years, 66.3 ± 11.3 kg). Skeletal muscle phenotypes included biceps brachii thickness, vastus lateralis...
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