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FTO, abdominal adiposity, fasting hyperglycemia associated with elevated HbA1c in Japanese middle-aged women.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 2012
Tanaka Midori, Yoshida Toru, Bin Wu, Fukuo Keisuke, Kazumi Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
AIM: FTO is the most important polygene for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Our aims were to investigate whether a variant in FTO affects glucose dysregulation through its effect on fat accumulation or distribution, and when and how FTO influences fat accumulation and distribution and glucose dysregulation from birth until midlife. METHODS: A total of 454 Japanese female university students (mean age: 20 years) and...
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