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Aims: To use the rs1229984 variant associated with alcohol consumption as an instrument for alcohol consumption to test the causality of the association of alcohol consumption with hay fever, asthma, allergic sensitization and serum total immunoglobulin (Ig)E.

Design: Observational and Mendelian randomization analyses using genetic variants as unbiased markers of exposure to estimate causal effects, subject to certain assumptions.

Setting: Europe.

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Arterial stiffness assessment in patients with phenylketonuria.

Medicine (Baltimore)

December 2017

Unit of Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Metabolic Diseases, Service of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, CIBERER, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), A Choupana Unit of Hypertension and Vascular Risk, Department of Medicine, Hospital and University of Santiago de Compostela Unit of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, CiberObn, IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.

In patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) compliant to diet greater tendency to overweight and higher inflammatory biomarkers levels than controls were reported. Although this could lead to atherogenesis, the elastic properties of large arteries in PKU patients have never been assessed. The aim of this study was to assess arterial stiffness measured by applanation tonometry in PKU patients compared to healthy controls.

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Genetic basis of short stature.

J Endocrinol Invest

November 2005

Pediatric Endocrinology, Growth and Adolescence Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Clinical University Hospital and University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Growth in humans is a complex process controlled by many genetic and non-genetic factors. It is influenced by endogenous factors like genetics, hormones and metabolism as well as exogenous ones like nutrition, physical activity and psychosocial status. Growth is one of the most sensitive markers of children's health, their nutritional status and genetic background.

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