Article
Common variants of FTO and the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Indians.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2011
Chauhan Ganesh, Tabassum Rubina, Mahajan Anubha, Dwivedi Om Prakash, Mahendran Yuvaraj, Kaur Ismeet, Nigam Shubhanchi, Dubey Himanshu, Varma Binuja, Madhu Sri Venkata, Mathur Sandeep K, Ghosh Saurabh, Tandon Nikhil, Bharadwaj Dwaipayan
Abstract excerpt
Common variants of fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO, fat mass- and obesity-associated gene) have been shown to be associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in population of European and non-European ethnicity. However, studies in Indian population have provided inconsistent results. Here, we examined association of eight FTO variants (rs1421085, rs8050136, rs9939609, rs9930506, rs1861867, ,...