ea0029p1201 | Obesity | ICEECE2012
Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek N.
, Citko A.
, Goscik J.
, Maliszewska K.
, Adamska E.
, Gorska M.
, Kretowski A.
Introduction: It has been recently suggested the genetic predisposition to obesity leads to increased risk of type 2 diabetes by its obesity predisposing effect. Surprisingly genetic loci that contribute to the development of obesity identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) account for only 2% of the variance in BMI. Visceral fat accumulation has an important role in increasing the risk of developing metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and CV...