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Association of FTO rs17817449 SNP with obesity and associated physiological parameters in a north Indian population.
Annals of human biology - 1 Nov 2011
Prakash Jai, Srivastava Neena, Awasthi Shally, Agarwal C G, Natu S M, Rajpal Naresh, Mittal Balraj
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a very common disorder directly linked with various diseases such as type-2 diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. Variants in the FTO gene have been associated with Body Mass Index in Western European and North American populations. AIM: This study analysed the associ...
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