A population study of polymorphisms of EFEMP1, ZBTB38, HHIP, LCORL, ADAMTSL3, CDH13, JAZF1, IGF1R, GHSR, CABLES1, IFNG, VDR3, and IGFBP3 genes, which possibly influence human height, was carried out using PCR-RFLP. Population frequencies of alleles and genotypes for these genes were established. A correlation between the rs572169 variant of GSHR gene and male height was found . We suggest a model for prediction of human height on the basis of logistic regression method. The obtained data indicate a possibility to assess human height on the basis of genetic markers.

Using the PCR-RFLP method we have studied polymorphism of 36 genes involved in lipid metabolism in 212 women, residents of the North-West Region of Russia (St. Petersburg), aged 18 to 77. We found an association of polymorphism in several candidate genes with body mass index, waist circumference, total cholesterol level, low density lipoprotein cholesterol level and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol level. We propose a logistic regression model for a primary assessment of these parameters in women based on corresponding genetic markers tests.