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FTO genetic variants and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of 28,394 Indians.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the magnitude of association of FTO variants with obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and related traits among Asian Indians. METHODS: Random-effect meta-analysis was performed on pooled data from eight studies (n = 28,394) for obesity and related traits and six studies (n = 24,987) for assessment of T2DM risk in Indians where FTO variants were reported. RESULTS: The minor A-allele of the FTO variant rs9939609 was associated with increased risk of obesity (OR 1.15, 95% ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 964-970
- Publication date:
- 2014-03-01
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- EISSN:
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1930-739X
- ISSN:
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1930-7381
- Source identifiers:
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418528
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- English
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pubs:418528
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uuid:6e28d0bf-392d-46d0-ab1e-252ced7fb944
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- pubs:418528
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2014
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