FTO variant is not associated with osteoarthritis in the Chinese Han population: replication study for a genome-wide association study identified risk loci

FTO variant is not associated with osteoarthritis in the Chinese Han population: replication study for a genome-wide association study identified risk loci

Abstract Background Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent form of arthritis worldwide and is the major cause of pain and loss of function in elderly people. A signal of the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene had been reported in a genome-wide association study of osteoarthritis. The FTO polym...

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Main Authors: Jin Dai, Pu Ying, Dongquan Shi, Huacheng Hou, Ye Sun, Zhihong Xu, Dongyang Chen, Guoqiang Zhang, Ming Ni, Huajian Teng, Yan Wang, Qing Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
FTO
Osteoarthritis
Obesity
Single nucleotide polymorphism
Body mass index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0769-2

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