Beta(2)-adrenergic receptor mutation and abdominal obesity risk: effect modification by gender and HDL-cholesterol
Objective and design A case-control study was conducted to examine the association between the 27Glu polymorphism of the β2-adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB2) and the risk of abdominal obesity (defined by a waist/hip ratio: WHR higher than 0.85). Methods The case series encompassed 112 obese subjects...
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | eng |
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Springer
2011
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/17704 |