Glucokinase gene promoter -30G>A polymorphism: a cross-sectional association study with obesity, diabetes Mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and metabolic syndrome in an Iranian hospital

OBJECTIVE: A -30G>A single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the glucokinase gene has been previously associated with obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes. The present study aimed to evaluate the association of this polymorphism with obesity and its comorbidities in a populati...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Oladi, Javad Behravan, Mitra Hassani, Jamal Kassaeian, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Shima Tavallaie, Roghayeh Paydar, Hamidreza Saber, Habib Allah Esmaeili, Mohsen Azimi-Nezhad, Gordon Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2012-08-01
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732012000400006&lng=en&tlng=en