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Chromosomal regions strongly associated with waist circumference and body mass index in metabolic syndrome in a family-based study.
Scientific reports - 16 Mar 2021
Daneshpour Maryam S, Zarkesh Maryam, Masjoudi Sajedeh, Azizi Fereidoun, Hedayati Mehdi
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is the most crucial phenotype in metabolic syndrome (MetS), and waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) are two common indexes to define obesity. It is an accepted fact that genetic and environmental interaction influence obesity and MetS. Microsatellites are a subcategory of tandem repeats with a length of 1 to 10 nucleotides. Tandem repeats make up repetitive genomic regions. Differences in...
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