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SUBMITTER: Shinozaki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602988 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shinozaki Keiko K Okuda Masayuki M
Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 20121201 Suppl 3
Genome-wide association analyses have revealed common gene variations related to obesity. Variants of the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene among more than 40 genes studied were most closely associated with obesity, but the association varies among ethnicities. Moreover, the effect is significant in people of European descent as well as Asians, but less significant among people of African descent. Although the variants were also associated with type 2 diabetes and glucose homeostasis, t ...[more]