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SUBMITTER: Antunez-Ortiz DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5385910 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antúnez-Ortiz Diana Lizzete DL Flores-Alfaro Eugenia E Burguete-García Ana Isabel AI Bonnefond Amélie A Peralta-Romero Jesús J Froguel Philippe P Espinoza-Rojo Mónica M Cruz Miguel M
BioMed research international 20170327
<i>Introduction</i>. Increase in body weight is a gradual process that usually begins in childhood and in adolescence as a result of multiple interactions among environmental and genetic factors. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between copy number variants (CNVs) in five genes and four intergenic regions with obesity in Mexican children. <i>Methods</i>. We studied 1423 children aged 6-12 years. Anthropometric measurements and blood levels of biochemical parameters were obtained. Ide ...[more]