Elevated levels of salivary α- amylase activity in saliva associated with reduced odds of obesity in adult Qatari citizens: A cross-sectional study

• Neyla Al-Akl,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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• Richard I. Thompson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9554-550X

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• Abdelilah Arredouani

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aarredouani@hbku.edu.qa

  Affiliations Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-916X

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