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Genetic variations in the FTO gene are associated with type 2 diabetes and obesity in south Indians (CURES-79).
Diabetes technology & therapeutics - 1 Jan 2011
Ramya Kandaswamy, Radha Venkatesan, Ghosh Saurabh, Majumder Partha P, Mohan Viswanathan
Abstract excerpt
AIM: the present study investigated the association of six variants-rs9940128, rs7193144, and rs8050136 (in intron 1), rs918031 and rs1588413 (in intron 8), and rs11076023 (3' untranslated region)-across three regulatory regions of the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a South Indian population. METHODS: unrelated study subjects (n = 1,852; 1,001 normal...
