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Independent association of FTO rs9939609 polymorphism with overweight and obesity in Polish adults. Results from the representative population-based WOBASZ study.
Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society - 1 Jun 2022
Piwonska A M, Cicha-Mikolajczyk A, Sobczyk-Kopciol A, Piwonski J, Drygas W, Kwasniewska M, Pajak A, Zdrojewski T, Tykarski A, Kozakiewicz K, Ploski R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors play an important role in the origin of obesity. We investigated the association between the FTO rs9939609 genotype and overweight and obesity, along with additional anthropometric variables in the representative sample of adult Polish population. We genotyped a random sample of 3369 adult individuals examined in a cross-sectional population survey (WOBASZ 2003-2005). More than 40% of men and...
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