| Literature DB >> 18270535 |
Ling Yang1, Ying Wu, Huaixin Li, Zhijie Yu, Xin Li, Yong Liu, Xu Lin, Yan Chen.
Abstract
Herbert et al reported association with obesity of a common DNA variant rs7566605 at 10 kb upstream of the INSIG2 gene. We analyzed rs7566605 polymorphism in 3125 Chinese in a cross-sectional study. We found no significant association of rs7566605 polymorphism with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among all participants (P=0.52). However, if geographic location is considered, the C/C genotype of rs7566605 was marginally associated with increased levels of BMI and risk of obesity among individuals living in Shanghai (P=0.06), indicating that the C/C genotype may contribute to obesity in certain subpopulation among Chinese under certain environmental settings.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18270535 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Hum Genet ISSN: 1018-4813 Impact factor: 4.246