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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2012

Genetic association of SNPs in the FTO gene and predisposition to obesity in Malaysian Malays.

Y D Apalasamy, M F Ming, S Rampal, A Bulgiba, Z Mohamed

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Y D ApalasamyPharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. yamuna219@yahoo.com
M F Ming
S Rampal
A Bulgiba
Z Mohamed
University of Malaya · MY

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Abstract

The common variants in the fat mass- and obesity-associated (FTO) gene have been previously found to be associated with obesity in various adult populations. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks in various regions of the FTO gene are associated with predisposition to obesity in Malaysian Malays. Thirty-one FTO SNPs were genotyped in 587 (158 obese and 429 non-obese) Malaysian Malay subjects. Obesity traits and lipid profiles were measured and single-marker association testing, LD testing, and haplotype association analysis were performed. LD analysis of the FTO SNPs revealed the presence of 57 regions with complete LD (D' = 1.0). In addition, we detected the association of rs17817288 with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The FTO gene may therefore be involved in lipid metabolism in Malaysian Malays. Two haplotype blocks were present in this region of the FTO gene, but no particular haplotype was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of obesity in Malaysian Malays.

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Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOBody Mass IndexCase-Control StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMalaysiaMaleMiddle AgedObesityPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProteinsAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOFTO protein, humanProteins

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