Rs9939609 Variant of the Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene and Trunk Obesity in Adolescents

Table 3

Associations of clinical parameters with the rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism.

Mean+1SD	Wildtype	Heterozygote	Homozygote
Body weight (kg)	65.9±23	70.4±26.4	74.2±25^∗∗
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.5±7	27.7±7.2	28.8±7^∗∗
BMI-SDS	4.2±3.5	4.2±3.4	5.1±3.5^∗
Waist circumference (cm)	85.4±16	88.1±16.8	90.4±13^∗
Hip circumference (cm)	99.7+16	102.9±16.9	105.1±16^∗
SAT-T, neck (cm)	12.7±6.5	13.9±7	15.3±5.8^∗∗
SAT-T, front chest (cm)	16.7±8.9	18.4±8.8	20.4±9.3^∗∗

^∗𝑃<.05, ^∗∗𝑃<.01, ^∗∗∗𝑃<.001, MannWhitney 𝑈-test (wildtype versus homozygote).
BMI: Body mass index.
BMI-SDS: body mass index standard deviation score.