FTO, type 2 diabetes, and weight gain throughout adult life: a meta-analysis of 41,504 subjects from the Scandinavian HUNT, MDC, and MPP studies
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FTO is the most important polygene identified for obesity. We aimed to investigate whether a variant in FTO affects type 2 diabetes risk entirely through its effect on BMI and how FTO influences BMI across adult life span.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Diabetes |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1637-44 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISSN | 0046-0192 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Humans, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proteins, Weight Gain
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