The FTO gene is not associated with weight gain during six years of observation in the population of the PURE study in Poland.

Aleksandra Zdrojowy-WełnaDavid RamseyKatarzyna Kolačkov Natalia Słoka Katarzyna Zatonska Andrzej Szuba Marek Bolanowski

Published in: Endokrynologia Polska (2020)

FTO gene polymorphism is associated with anthropometric parameters in participants from the PURE study in Poland. However, there is no association between the presence of risk alleles and changes of anthropometric parameters over six years of observation.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
body composition
birth weight
gene expression
genome wide
physical activity