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PPAR-gamma polymorphism effects on adiposity depend on ethnicity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 5th, 2005
"Few studies have addressed the association of the Pro12Ala polymorphism of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor T 2 (PPAR-gamma 2) gene with longitudinal measures of adiposity and insulin sensitivity during young adulthood, or reported on its relationship with these outcomes in African Americans. These issues were examined in the biracial Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort, a population-based sample of 5,115 African Americans and Whites followed prospectively over 15 years," scientists writing in the journal Metabolism - Clinical...
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