Gender Specificity and Local Socioeconomic Influence on Association of GHR fl/d3 Polymorphism With Growth and Metabolism in Children and Adolescents

• Main Authors: Xiaotian Chen (Author), Chunlan Liu (Author), Song Yang (Author), Yaming Yang (Author), Yanchun Chen (Author), Xianghai Zhao (Author), Weiguang Zhu (Author), Qihui Zhao (Author), Chuan Ni (Author), Xiangyuan Huang (Author), Weili Yan (Author), Chong Shen (Author), Harvest F. Gu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveGrowth hormone receptor (GHR) mediates most GH biological actions. This study is aimed to evaluate whether GHR fl/d3 polymorphism contributes to the inter-individual variability of growth and metabolism in healthy children and adolescents.MethodsA total of 4,730 students aged 6-16 years fro...