Open Access<p><em>FTO</em> Polymorphisms are Associated with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) Susceptibility in the Older Chinese Han Population</p>
Author(s) -
Gu Zhan,
Yan Bi,
Fan Yuan,
Ruirui Wang,
Dong Li,
Jianying Wang,
Xiaojuan Hu,
Guang He,
Lei Zhang,
Baocheng Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s254740
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , haplotype , fatty liver , allele frequency , endocrinology , allele , minor allele frequency , single nucleotide polymorphism , gastroenterology , genotype , genetics , disease , biology , gene
As fat and obesity play a vital role in the pathophysiology of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), this study aims to investigate the association between the fat mass and obesity-associated gene ( FTO ) and MAFLD.