rs9939609 in the FTO Gene is Associated with Obesity but not with Several Biochemical Parameters in Sardinian Obese Children

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 648-654

  Zavattari, Patrizia ^a,b   Loche, Alberto ^a,c   Pilia, Sabrina ^a   Ibba, Anastasia ^a   Moi, Loredana ^a   Guzzetti, Chiara ^a   Casini, Maria Rosaria ^a   Loche, Sandro ^a  

^a Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; FTO; Genetic association analysis; Metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIOTHYRONINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 80053567165     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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