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Investigation of the association between the TCF7L2 rs7903146 (C/T) gene polymorphism and obesity in a Cameroonian population: a pilot study

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Title
Investigation of the association between the TCF7L2 rs7903146 (C/T) gene polymorphism and obesity in a Cameroonian population: a pilot study
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s41043-017-0087-z
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Aurelie Nguimmo-Metsadjio, Barbara Atogho-Tiedeu, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Marie-Solange Evehe, Rosine Djokam-Dadjeu, Olivier Sontsa Donfack, Dieudonne Nanfa, Edith Pascale M. Mato, Elvis Ndonwi Ngwa, Magellan Guewo-Fokeng, Priscille Pokam-Fosso, Wilfred F. Mbacham, Jean Claude Mbanya, Eugene Sobngwi

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the association between the rs7903146 (C/T) polymorphism of the TCF7L2 gene with obesity in a Cameroonian population. This was a case-control pilot study including 61 obese and 61 non-obese Cameroonian adults. Anthropometric indices of obesity, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and blood lipids were measured. The rs7903146 (C/T) polymorphism of the TCF7L2 gene was genotyped using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), and genotypes were correlated with clinical and biological parameters. The T allele was predominant in the study population with a frequency of 93%. No statistically significant difference was however observed between the genotypic (p = 0.50) and allelic frequencies (p = 0.58) of obese and non-obese subjects. Comparison of clinical and biochemical parameters of C allele carriers (CX = CC + CT) with those of TT genotype showed that there was no significant difference between the lipid profile of these two groups. The rs7903146 (C/T) polymorphism of the TCF7L2 gene might not be associated with obesity in the Cameroonian population.

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Unknown 26 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 19%
Student > Bachelor 4 15%
Librarian 2 8%
Researcher 2 8%
Student > Master 2 8%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 9 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Psychology 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 10 38%
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#17,289,387
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