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Inverse association of the obesity predisposing FTO rs9939609 genotype with alcohol consumption and risk for alcohol dependence.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) - 1 Apr 2011
Sobczyk-Kopciol Agnieszka, Broda Grazyna, Wojnar Marcin, Kurjata Pawel, Jakubczyk Andrzej, Klimkiewicz Anna, Ploski Rafal
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate whether the FTO rs9939609 A allele (a risk factor for obesity) is associated with measures of alcohol consumption. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study and two case-control studies. SETTING: Poland and the Warsaw area. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 6584 subjects from the WOBASZ survey and two cohorts of alcohol-dependent patients (n = 145 and n = 148). MEASUREMENTS: Questionnaire data...
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