Research Article

Influence of Adiposity-Related Genetic Markers in a Population of Saudi Arabians Where Other Variables Influencing Obesity May Be Reduced

Table 2

Mean BMI across genotypes for 11 SNPs in a population of Saudi individuals.

SNP Nearest geneEffect alleleOther allelesMean BMI (SD) by genotype (other→effect)

rs10767664BDNF AT26.105 (5.896)29.519 (6.894)31.385 (7.169)
rs3751812FTO TG29.524 (8.178)30.637 (6.932)31.096 (5.714)
rs9939609FTO AT30.074 (8.277)30.270 (7.067)30.845 (6.107)
rs9941349FTO TC29.556 (7.969)30.431 (6.977)31.333 (6.178)
rs10938397GNPDA2 AG30.674 (7.433)30.004 (7.025)30.466 (6.297)
rs2815752NEGR1 GA32.158 (7.559)29.834 (6.887)30.534 (7.233)
rs571312MC4R AC30.405 (7.148)30.046 (7.203)32.056 (6.561)
rs543874SEC16B AG29.639 (9.298)28.877 (7.600)30.785 (6.953)
rs7359397SH2B1 TC30.556 (7.343)29.685 (6.481)32.231 (7.721)
rs713586RBJ CT31.448 (7.799)29.711 (6.767)30.607 (7.121)
rs2867125TMEM18 CT30.518 (8.884)29.276 (6.940)30.849 (7.064)

Chr: chromosome; BMI: body mass index (kg/m2); SD: standard deviation.