Research Article
Common Variant of FTO Gene, rs9939609, and Obesity in Pakistani Females
Table 1
Characteristics of study population.
| | | Obese | Nonobese/control |
| | Males | 111 (46%) | 70 (45%) | | Females | 128 (54%) | 85 (55%) | | >18 years | 161 (67%) | 97 (63%) | | >18 years males | 64 (40%) | 52 (54%) | | >18 years females | 97 (60%) | 45 (46%) | | ≤18 years | 78 (33%) | 58 (37%) | | ≤18 years males | 47 (60%) | 18 (31%) | | ≤18 years females | 31 (40%) | 40 (69%) | | Acanthosis nigricans | 102 (43%) | 5 (3%) | | Hypertension | 2 (18%) | 0 | | Impaired fasting glucose | 2 (33%) | 5 (3%) | | Cardiovascular disease | 10 (4%) | 0 | | Family history of obesity | 184 (77%) | 48 (31%) |
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