The A-allele of the common FTO gene variant rs9939609 complicates weight maintenance in severe obese patients

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-139

  Woehning, A ^a   Schultz, J H ^a   Roeder, E ^a,b   Moeltner, A ^a   Isermann, B ^a   Nawroth, P P ^a   Wolfrum, C ^b   Rudofsky, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FTO gene; rs9939609; weight loss; Weight maintenance; weight regain

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84872106824     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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