Inverse association between obesity predisposing FTO genotype and completed suicide.

Inverse association between obesity predisposing FTO genotype and completed suicide.

The A allele of rs9939609 in the FTO gene predisposes to increased body mass index (BMI) and obesity. Recently we showed an inverse association between the obesity related A allele of rs9939609 and alcohol dependence which was replicated by others. Since this finding raises a possibility that FTO ma...

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Main Authors: Izabela Chojnicka, Sylwia Fudalej, Anna Walczak, Krystyna Wasilewska, Marcin Fudalej, Piotr Stawiński, Katarzyna Strawa, Aleksandra Pawlak, Marcin Wojnar, Paweł Krajewski, Rafał Płoski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4181953?pdf=render

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