Article
Combined effects of FTO rs9939609 and MC4R rs17782313 on obesity and BMI in Chinese Han populations.
Endocrine - 1 Feb 2011
Huang Wei, Sun Yanlei, Sun Jiazhong
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants of FTO and MC4R have been linked with obesity and T2DM in populations of Europeans. In this study, we have investigated the association of FTO rs9939609 and MC4R rs17782313 with obesity and T2DM in the Chinese population and analyzed the relationship between rs9939609 and rs17782313. 2351 individuals were recruited. We tested the rs9939609 and rs17782313 by sequences retrieval method. Clinical...
