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SUBMITTER: Kostek MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4147954 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kostek Matthew A MA Angelopoulos Theodore J TJ Clarkson Priscilla M PM Gordon Paul M PM Moyna Niall M NM Visich Paul S PS Zoeller Robert F RF Price Thomas B TB Seip Richard L RL Thompson Paul D PD Devaney Joseph M JM Gordish-Dressman Heather H Hoffman Eric P EP Pescatello Linda S LS
Medicine and science in sports and exercise 20090501 5
<h4>Purpose</h4>We examined associations among myostatin (MSTN) 2379 A > G and 163 G > A and follistatin (FST) -5003 A > T and -833 G > T single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on the muscle size and the strength response to resistance training (RT).<h4>Methods</h4>Subjects (n = 645, age = 24.1 +/- 0.2 yr, body mass index [BMI] = 24.2 +/- 0.2 kg x m(-2)) self-disclosed themselves as Caucasian (78.9%), African American (3.6%), Asian (8.4%), Hispanic (5.0%), or Other (4.2%). They were genotyped for ...[more]