Association of the FTO gene variant (rs9939609) with cardiovascular disease in men with abnormal glucose metabolism – The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

Lappalainen, T.; Kolehmainen, M.; Schwab, U.S.; Tolppanen, A.M.; Stančáková, A.; Lindström, J.; Eriksson, J.G.; Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S.; Aunola, S.; Ilanne-Parikka, P.; Herder, C.; Koenig, W.; Gylling, H.; Kolb, H.; Tuomilehto, J.; Kuusisto, J.; Uusitupa, M.; for the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group,

doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.01.006

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Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 691-698, September 2011

Association of the FTO gene variant (rs9939609) with cardiovascular disease in men with abnormal glucose metabolism – The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

T. Lappalainen
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +358 40 355 3607; fax: +358 17 162 792.
M. Kolehmainen
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
U.S. Schwab
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
A.M. Tolppanen
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
A. Stančáková
- Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
J. Lindström
- Diabetes Unit, Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J.G. Eriksson
- Diabetes Unit, Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Hospital, Unit of General Practice, Helsinki, Finland
- Vasa Central Hospital, Vasa and Folkhälsan Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland
S. Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
- Oulu University Hospital and Health Centre, Oulu Deaconess Institute and Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
S. Aunola
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Living Conditions, Health and Wellbeing Unit, Turku, Finland
P. Ilanne-Parikka
- Diabetes Centre of the Finnish Diabetes Association and the Research Unit of Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
C. Herder
- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
W. Koenig
- Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Germany
H. Gylling
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
H. Kolb
- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
J. Tuomilehto
- Diabetes Unit, Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J. Kuusisto
- Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
M. Uusitupa
- School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food and Health Research Centre, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
for the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group