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Association of the FTO gene with obesity and the metabolic syndrome is independent of the IRS-2 gene in the female population of Southern France.
Diabetes & metabolism - 1 Dec 2009
Attaoua R, Ait El Mkadem S, Lautier C, Kaouache S, Renard E, Brun J-F, Fedou C, Gris J-C, Bringer J, Grigorescu F
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The objective of the present study was to investigate the genetic association of the fat-mass-and-obesity-associated (FTO) gene in obese women in the presence of the known influential role of the insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS-2) gene. METHODS: This case-control study was carried out in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, and included lean control women (n=128), and women (n=119) of various degrees...
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