BMI-associated gene variants in FTO and cardiometabolic and brain disease: obesity or pleiotropy?
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DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00040.2019
Abstract: Obesity is a causal risk factor for the development of age-related disease conditions, which includes type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and dementia. In Genome-Wide Association studies, genetic variation in FTO is strongly associated with… read more here.
Keywords: cardiometabolic brain; gene variants; disease; obesity ... See more keywords