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SUBMITTER: Wang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5518809 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang T T Ma X X Tang T T Higuchi K K Peng D D Zhang R R Chen M M Yan J J Wang S S Yan D D He Z Z Jiang F F Bao Y Y Jia W W Ishida K K Hu C C
Nutrition & diabetes 20170522 5
<h4>Objectives</h4>We aim to validate the effects of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) on fat distribution and glucose metabolism in Han Chinese populations.<h4>Methods</h4>We genotyped six tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of GIP and four tag SNPs of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) among 2884 community-based individuals from Han Chinese populations. Linear analysis was applied to test the associations of these variants with visceral fat are ...[more]