The fat mass and obesity-associated FTO rs9939609 polymorphism is associated with elevated homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis screened for vascular risk factors

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-419

  Davis, Wiliam ^a   Van Rensburg, Susan J ^a   Cronje, Frans J ^b   Whati, Lindiwe ^c   Fisher, Leslie R ^a   Van Der Merwe, Lize ^b,d   Geiger, Dieter ^a   Hassan, M Shafick ^e   Matsha, Tandi ^e   Erasmus, Rajiv T ^a   Kotze, Maritha J ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); FTO; Homocysteine; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTISONE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FAT INTAKE; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84901621192     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9486-7     Document Type: Article

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