Association of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism with obesity in Roma/Gypsy population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Mačeková, Soňa ^a   Bernasovský, Ivan ^a   Gabriková, Dana ^a   Bôžiková, Alexandra ^a   Bernasovská, Jarmila ^a   Boroňová, Iveta ^a   Behulová, Regina ^a   Švíčková, Petra ^a   Petrejčíková, Eva ^a   Soták, Miroslav ^a   Sovičová, Adriana ^a   Čarnogurská, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

anthropometric; BMI; genotyping; gypsy; health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; ROMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLOVAKIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 83655191937     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21604     Document Type: Article

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