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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 41, Issue 11, Pages 7381-7386Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3627-2
Keywords
FTO; Polymorphism; Obesity; BMI; Body fat
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- Afyon Kocatepe University Scientific Research Projects Commission [11.TIP.05]
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The aim of this study is to investigate the genetic influence of polymorphisms in fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene on a sample of obese subjects and controls. Obesity is an epidemic all over the world. Several polymorphisms in the first intron of FTO gene have been associated with common forms of human obesity. In this research rs1421085 and rs9939609 polymorphisms of FTO gene were genotyped in 190 obese patients with a BMI >= 30 kg/m(2) (Body Mass Index) and 97 healthy controls with a BMI of 18.5-24.9. Genotyping of SNPs was performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Body composition was established with bioelectric impedance analysis. Waist-to-hip ratio was determined for all participants. There were no significant differences (P > 0.05) between obese cases and controls in terms of genotype frequencies of rs1421085 and rs9939609 polymorphisms in our study. Also there were no significant correlations between genotypes and obesity related (anthropometricbody composition) parameters (P > 0.05).
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