Genetic association of the BsmI variant of vitamin D receptor gene with risk of morbid obesity.

Seyma Ozsoy Serbülent Yiğit Ayşe Feyda Nursal Zeki Ozsoy Mehmet Fatih Dasiran Emin Daldal Akın Tekcan

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2024)

The BsmI variant in the VDR gene may not seem to predispose to morbid obesity in our study population. Further studies with a larger number of subjects are needed to make a more precise evaluation of this relationship.

Keyphrases

weight loss
genome wide
copy number
bariatric surgery
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
weight gain
genome wide identification
obese patients
gene expression
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
case control
transcription factor