Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene was the first susceptibility locus for obesity identified by genome wide association studies. The association of the FTO gene with obesity and metabolic syndrome is conflicting in both adults and adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the role of the FTO gene variant rs9939609 as a candidate gene for obesity and metabolic syndrome, among Caucasian adolescents in South-eastern Turkey.Meth...