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. 2009 Mar;58(3):757–764. doi: 10.2337/db08-0620

TABLE 2.

Genotype distributions, minor allele frequencies, and ORs for rs17782313, rs17700633, rs12970134, rs502933, and rs4450508 near MC4R among 14,940 individuals stratified according to genotype and BMI subgroup or sex-specific waist circumference subgroup

n (men/women) Genotype Minor allele frequency Additive model OR P
rs17782313 T/T T/C C/C
    BMI
        <25 kg/m2 4,721 (1,946/2,775) 2,721 (57) 1,722 (37) 278 (6) 24.1 (23.3–25.0)
        ≥25 kg/m2 10,219 (5,887/4,332) 5,651 (56) 3,915 (38) 653 (6) 25.5 (24.9–26.1) 1.09 (1.02–1.15) 0.006*
        ≥30 kg/m2 3,913 (1,988/1,925) 2,136 (55) 1,507 (38) 270 (7) 26.2 (25.2–27.1) 1.12 (1.04–1.20) 0.003*
        ≥40 kg/m2 283 (89/194) 148 (52) 112 (40) 23 (8) 27.9 (24.3–31.8) 1.20 (0.99–1.45) 0.06
    Waist
        <80 (women) or <94 cm (men) 5,374 (2,834/2,540) 3,107 (58) 1,954 (36) 313 (6) 24.0 (23.2–24.8)
        ≥80 (women) or ≥94 cm (men) 9,546 (4,986/4,560) 5,247 (55) 3,681 (38) 618 (7) 25.8 (25.1–26.4) 1.10 (1.03–1.16) 0.002*
        ≥88 (women) or ≥102 cm (men) 5,748 (2,720/3,028) 3,158 (55) 2,213 (38) 377 (7) 25.8 (25.0–26.6) 1.09 (1.02–1.16) 0.009*
rs17700633 G/G G/A A/A
    BMI
        <25 kg/m2 4,697 (1,939/2,758) 2,296 (49) 2,002 (42) 399 (9) 29.8 (28.9–30.7)
        ≥25 kg/m2 10,135 (5,842/4,293) 4,685 (46) 4,427 (44) 1,023 (10) 31.9 (31.3–32.6) 1.12 (1.06–1.18) 8 × 10−5*
        ≥30 kg/m2 3,871 (1,964/1,907) 1,744 (45) 1,707 (44) 420 (11) 32.9 (31.9–34.0) 1.16 (1.08–1.24) 2 × 10−5*
        ≥40 kg/m2 278 (87/191) 108 (39) 143 (51) 27 (10) 35.4 (31.5–39.6) 1.30 (1.08–1.56) 0.005*
    Waist
        <80 (women) or <94 cm (men) 5,346 (2,824/2,522) 2,575 (48) 2,319 (43) 452 (9) 30.1 (29.3–31.0)
        ≥80 (women) or ≥94 cm (men) 9,467 (4,945/4,522) 4,394 (47) 4,104 (43) 969 (10) 31.9 (31.2–32.6) 1.09 (1.03–1.15) 0.002*
        ≥88 (women) or ≥102 cm (men) 5,684 (2,694/2,990) 2,598 (46) 2,495 (44) 591 (10) 32.3 (31.5–33.2) 1.10 (1.04–1.17) 0.001*
rs12970134 G/G G/A A/A
    BMI
        <25 kg/m2 4,694 (1,934/2,760) 2,511 (54) 1,848 (39) 335 (7) 26.8 (25.9–27.7)
        ≥25 kg/m2 10,174 (5,869/4,305) 5,073 (50) 4,276 (42) 825 (8) 29.1 (28.5–29.8) 1.13 (1.07–1.20) 2 × 10−5*
        ≥30 kg/m2 3,886 (1,979/1,907) 1,922 (49) 1,631 (42) 333 (9) 29.6 (28.5–30.6) 1.15 (1.08–1.23) 6 × 10−5*
        ≥40 kg/m2 282 (88/194) 130 (46) 126 (45) 26 (9) 31.6 (27.7–35.6) 1.25 (1.04–1.50) 0.02*
    Waist
        <80 (women) or <94 cm (men) 5,333 (2,814/2,519) 2,843 (53) 2,104 (40) 386 (7) 27.0 (26.1–27.8)
        ≥80 (women) or ≥94 cm (men) 9,515 (4,976/4,539) 4,726 (50) 4,016 (42) 773 (8) 29.2 (28.6–29.9) 1.12 (1.06–1.19) 3 × 10−5*
        ≥88 (women) or ≥102 cm (men) 5,710 (2,715/2,995) 2,831 (50) 2,412 (42) 467 (8) 29.3 (28.5–30.1) 1.12 (1.05–1.19) 4 × 10−4*
rs502933 C/C C/A A/A
    BMI
        <25 kg/m2 4,637 (1,904/2,733) 2,002 (43) 2,067 (45) 568 (12) 34.5 (33.6–35.5)
        ≥25 kg/m2 10,075 (5,801/4,274) 4,116 (41) 4,678 (46) 1,281 (13) 35.9 (35.3–36.6) 1.07 (1.02–1.13) 0.01
        ≥30 kg/m2 3,851 (1,963/1,888) 1,562 (41) 1,786 (46) 503 (13) 36.3 (35.2–37.3) 1.08 (1.02–1.16) 0.01
        ≥40 kg/m2 281 (91/190) 104 (37) 136 (48) 41 (15) 38.8 (34.7–43.0) 1.20 (1.01–1.43) 0.04
    Waist
        <80 (women) or <94 cm (men) 5,275 (2,783/2,492) 2,284 (43) 2,346 (45) 645 (12) 34.5 (33.6–35.4)
        ≥80 (women) or ≥94 cm (men) 9,418 (4,909/4,509) 3,824 (41) 4,393 (47) 1,201 (13) 36.1 (35.4–36.8) 1.08 (1.02–1.13) 0.006*
        ≥88 (women) or ≥102 cm (men) 5,662 (2,688/2,974) 2,281 (40) 2,666 (47) 715 (13) 36.2 (35.3–37.1) 1.07 (1.01–1.13) 0.02
rs4450508 G/G G/A A/A
    BMI
        < 25 kg/m2 4,644 (1,916/2,728) 1,912 (41) 2,100 (45) 632 (14) 36.2 (35.2–37.2)
        ≥25 kg/m2 10,145 (5,855/4,290) 3,988 (39) 4,781 (47) 1,376 (14) 37.1 (36.5–37.8) 1.05 (0.99–1.10) 0.08
        ≥30 kg/m2 3,873 (1,971/1,902) 1,510 (39) 1,820 (47) 543 (14) 37.5 (36.4–38.6) 1.06 (1.00–1.13) 0.06
        ≥40 kg/m2 282 (86/196) 100 (36) 140 (49) 42 (15) 39.7 (35.7–43.9) 1.16 (0.98–1.38) 0.09
    Waist
        <80 (women) or <94 cm (men) 5,293 (2,798/2,495) 2,192 (41) 2,391 (45) 710 (13) 36.0 (35.1–36.9)
        ≥80 (women) or ≥94 cm (men) 9,477 (4,961/4,516) 3,700 (39) 4,484 (47) 1,239 (14) 37.3 (36.6–38.0) 1.06 (1.01–1.12) 0.03
        ≥88 (women) or ≥102 cm (men) 5,692 (2,701/2,991) 2,209 (39) 2,709 (47) 774 (14) 37.4 (36.5–38.3) 1.05 (1.00–1.12) 0.07

Data are n (%), minor allele frequency (95% CI), and OR (95% CI). Differences in genotype distribution between BMI classifications or waist circumference classifications were calculated applying an additive logistic regression model adjusted for sex and age.

*

P values remained significant after Benjamini-Hochberg correction.