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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Genetic association of SNPs in the FTO gene and predisposition to obesity in Malaysian Malays	
Autores: 	Apalasamy,Y.D.; Ming,M.F.; Rampal,S.; Bulgiba,A.; Mohamed,Z.	
Data: 	2012-12-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	FTO gene; SNP; Obesity; Linkage disequilibrium; Haplotypes.	
Resumo: 	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.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001200003	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500134	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.45 n.12 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess