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. 2008 Oct;57(10):2851–2857. doi: 10.2337/db08-0214

TABLE 2.

Association between nine FTO SNPs with obesity, risk of type 2 diabetes, and impaired fasting glucose/impaired glucose tolerance (IFG/IGT) in the NHS98 and SiMES populations

SNP rs9939973 rs9940128 rs1421085 rs1121980 rs7193144 rs17817449 rs8050136 rs9926289 rs9939609
NHS98 Chinese (n = 2,919)
    ΔBMI per risk allele present (kg/m2) 0.43 0.42 0.68 0.43 0.63 0.67 0.68 0.68 0.66
        P*/P <0.0001/<0.0001 0.001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001
    Glucose tolerance
        OR (95% CI)* for type 2 diabetes vs. NGT 1.33 (1.01–1.74) 1.32 (1.00–1.72) 1.42 (1.04–1.93) 1.19 (0.91–1.53) 1.42 (1.04–1.92) 1.39 (1.01–1.90) 1.40 (1.02–1.90) 1.40 (1.02–1.90) 1.37 (1.00–1.86)
        P*/P 0.036/0.132 0.043/0.15 0.024/0.128 0.187/0.434 0.025/0.102 0.039/0.178 0.036/0.168 0.035/0.163 0.049/0.212
        OR (95% CI) for IFG/IGT vs. NGT* 1.10 (0.91–1.32) 1.09 (0.90–1.31) 1.15 (0.92–1.42) 1.08 (0.90–1.29) 1.10 (0.89–1.37) 1.14 (0.91–1.41) 1.14 (0.91–1.40) 1.14 (0.92–1.41) 1.12 (0.89–1.38)
        P*/P 0.323/0.527 0.338/0.546 0.197/0.503 0.368/0.702 0.366/0.729 0.241/0.578 0.25/0.611 0.223/0.568 0.313/0.684
NHS98 Malay (n = 785)
    ΔBMI per risk allele present (kg/m2) 0.83 0.82 0.90 0.65 0.82 0.91 0.86 0.88 0.89
        P*/P 0.001/0.002 0.002/0.002 0.001/0.001 0.011/0.015 0.002/0.002 0.001/0.001 0.001/0.002 0.001/0.001 0.001/0.001
    Glucose tolerance
        OR (95% CI)* for type 2 diabetes vs. NGT 1.61 (1.10–2.33) 1.60 (1.09–2.32) 1.59 (1.09–2.32) 1.57 (1.08–2.25) 1.52 (1.04–2.21) 1.63 (1.11–2.38) 1.53 (1.04–2.24) 1.60 (1.09–2.32) 1.57 (1.08–2.29)
        P*/P 0.013/0.082 0.014/0.084 0.016/0.095 0.016/0.071 0.027/0.12 0.011/0.074 0.028/0.129 0.015/0.092 0.018/0.104
        OR (95% CI) for IFG/IGT vs. NGT* 1.34 (1.03–1.74) 1.35 (1.03–1.74) 1.22 (0.93–1.58) 1.37 (1.06–1.77) 1.21 (0.93–1.57) 1.25 (0.95–1.63) 1.20 (0.91–1.56) 1.24 (0.95–1.61) 1.22 (0.93–1.59)
        P*/P 0.028/0.075 0.025/0.067 0.144/0.331 0.015/0.033 0.154/0.331 0.103/0.243 0.186/0.392 0.113/0.267 0.136/0.318
NHS98 Asian-Indians (n = 594)
    ΔBMI per risk allele present (kg/m2) 0.24 0.23 0.03 0.28 0.12 0.10 0.04 0.11 0.10
        P*/P 0.352/0.333 0.36/0.347 0.913/0.781 0.267/0.247 0.658/0.458 0.715/0.527 0.877/0.719 0.674/0.487 0.7/0.532
    Glucose tolerance
        OR (95% CI)* for type 2 diabetes vs. NGT 0.84 (0.59–1.19) 0.85 (0.59–1.20) 0.87 (0.60–1.25) 0.94 (0.66–1.31) 0.93 (0.64–1.32) 0.85 (0.58–1.23) 0.87 (0.60–1.24) 0.88 (0.61–1.27) 0.96 (0.67–1.37)
        P*/P 0.341/0.356 0.349/0.365 0.467/0.564 0.711/0.74 0.677/0.766 0.393/0.438 0.445/0.53 0.51/0.543 0.84/0.914
        OR (95% CI) for IFG/IGT vs. NGT* 0.95 (0.69–1.29) 0.96 (0.70–1.30) 0.90 (0.65–1.24) 1.05 (0.77–1.41) 0.88 (0.63–1.21) 0.85 (0.60–1.17) 0.91 (0.66–1.25) 0.87 (0.62–1.20) 0.87 (0.63–1.20)
        P*/P 0.754/0.707 0.775/0.732 0.515/0.509 0.774/0.895 0.432/0.404 0.327/0.294 0.576/0.565 0.411/0.378 0.419/0.369
SiMES Malay
    ΔBMI per risk allele present (kg/m2) 0.55 0.55 0.64 0.52 0.62 0.64 0.63 0.61 0.64
        P*/P <0.0001/<0.0001 0.001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001 <0.0001/<0.0001
    Glucose tolerance
        OR (95% CI)* for type 2 diabetes vs. NGT 1.23 (1.08–1.40) 1.24 (1.08–1.40) 1.20 (1.05–1.37) 1.24 (1.08–1.40) 1.21 (1.05–1.37) 1.20 (1.05–1.37) 1.20 (1.05–1.37) 1.20 (1.05–1.37) 1.21 (1.05–1.38)
        P*/P 0.001/0.004 0.001/0.004 0.007/0.025 0.001/0.003 0.005/0.019 0.007/0.026 0.007/0.023 0.006/0.021 0.005/0.019
*

Adjusted for age and sex;

adjusted for age, sex, current smoking, exercise (except in the SiMES population), BMI (for risk of type 2 diabetes), education, and alcohol consumption. NGT, normal glucose tolerance.