TABLE 4.

Baseline association of the minor allele at each single nucleotide polymorphism with the number of eating occasions¹

			Adjusted for age, sex, study site, and population stratification		Adjusted for age, sex, study site, population stratification, and total energy intake
Gene	Single nucleotide polymorphism	Minor allele	β ± SE	P value	β ± SE	P value
Eating occasions (no./d)
TNNI3K	rs1514176	G	−0.030 ± 0.037	0.414	−0.041 ± 0.036	0.255
INSIG2	rs7566605	C	−0.042 ± 0.038	0.263	−0.037 ± 0.037	0.317
PPARG	rs1801282	G2	0.153 ± 0.074	0.0383	0.128 ± 0.073	0.080
NISCH-STAB1	rs4687617	G	0.027 ± 0.082	0.742	0.006 ± 0.081	0.945
BDNF	rs10767664	T2	−0.024 ± 0.056	0.661	0.003 ± 0.055	0.951
BDNF	rs6265	A2	−0.005 ± 0.058	0.927	0.023 ± 0.057	0.682
BDNF	rs1401635	C	−0.054 ± 0.039	0.160	−0.048 ± 0.038	0.205
MTIF3	rs7988412	A	0.028 ± 0.054	0.601	0.026 ± 0.053	0.623
MAP2K5	rs2241420	A	−0.023 ± 0.037	0.524	−0.026 ± 0.036	0.470
SH2B1	rs4788099	G2	−0.003 ± 0.038	0.936	−0.011 ± 0.037	0.758
FTO	rs1421085	C	0.125 ± 0.039	0.0014	0.109 ± 0.038	0.0044
FTO	rs3751812	A	0.096 ± 0.039	0.0143	0.081 ± 0.038	0.0343
FTO	rs9922708	A	0.077 ± 0.037	0.0393	0.063 ± 0.037	0.087
FTO	rs9939609	A	0.087 ± 0.037	0.0183	0.075 ± 0.036	0.0373
MC4R	rs17782313	C	−0.113 ± 0.041	0.0063	−0.112 ± 0.041	0.0063
QPCTL/GIPR	rs11672660	A2	0.154 ± 0.054	0.0053	0.146 ± 0.053	0.0063

¹All analyses were conducted with multivariable linear regression with the statistical covariates listed in the table (n = 2075).

²Because the marker minor allele frequency fell below 20%, the rare genotype was combined with the intermediate genotype.

³P values of nominal significance.

⁴Statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons, or P ≤ 0.004.