Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: The global epidemic of obesity represents a severe threat to public health and quality of life. Fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene was the first locus unequivocally associated with adiposity. The polymorphisms of FTO gene association with obesity and T2DM have been identified in large multiple populations, however, the correlation between FTO level and clinical parameters in is not completely understood. Here we analyze the relations of serum FTO t...