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A Common Variant of the FTO Gene Is Associated Not Only With Increased Adiposity But Also Elevated Blood Pressure in French-Canadians
Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 04/15/09
Pausova Z et al. - The results suggest that, in a French-Canadian founder population, FTO may increase not only risk for obesity, as demonstrated in other populations, but also for hypertension. The latter may be related, at least in part, to the regulation of sympathetic vasomotor tone.
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