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Association between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and the metabolic syndrome in a non-Caucasian multi-ethnic sample.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 13 Mar 2008
Al-Attar Salam A, Pollex Rebecca L, Ban Matthew R, Young T Kue, Bjerregaard Peter, Anand Sonia S, Yusuf Salim, Zinman Bernard, Harris Stewart B, Hanley Anthony Jg, Connelly Philip W, Huff Murray W, Hegele Robert A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The rs9939609 T>A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the FTO gene has previously been found to be associated with obesity in European Caucasian samples. The objective of this study is to examine whether this association extends to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and applies in non-Caucasian samples. METHODS: The FTO rs9939609 SNP was genotyped in 2121 subjects from four different non-Caucasian...
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