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Relationship among genetic variants, obesity traits and asthma in the Taiwan Biobank.
BMJ open respiratory research - 1 Dec 2022
Huang Ying-Jhen, Chu Yi-Chi, Chen Chia-Wei, Yang Hsin-Chou, Huang Hung-Ling, Hwang Jing-Shiang, Chen Chun-Houh, Chan Ta-Chien
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Obesity and asthma impose a heavy health and economic burden on millions of people around the world. The complex interaction between genetic traits and phenotypes caused the mechanism between obesity and asthma is still vague. This study investigates the relationship among obesity-related polygenic risk score (PRS), obesity phenotypes and the risk of having asthma. METHODS: This is a...
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