Associations of the FTO rs9939609 and the MC4R rs17782313 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes are modulated by diet, being higher when adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern is low

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ortega Azorín, Carolina ^a,b   Sorlí, Jose V ^a,b   Asensio, Eva M ^a,b   Coltell, Oscar ^b,c,d   Martínez González, Miguel T ^e   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^b,f   Covas, Maria Isabel ^b,g   Arós, Fernando ^h   Lapetra, José ^b,i   Serra Majem, Lluís ^j   Gómez Gracia, Enrique ^k   Fiol, Miquel ^b,l   Sáez Tormo, Guillermo ^a   Pintó, Xavier ^m   Muñoz, Miguel A ⁿ   Ros, Emilio ^b,o   Ordovás, Jose M ^d,p,q   Estruch, Ramon ^b,o   Corella, Dolores ^a,b,d,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^g INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

ⁱ San Pablo Health Center   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

ⁿ INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^o INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^p CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^q IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Diabetes; FTO; Gene diet interactions; MC4R; Mediterranean diet; Nutrigenetics

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FASTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SPAIN;

EID: 84868288658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-137     Document Type: Article

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