“…SNPs identified in genome wide association studies of body mass index or obesity (INSIG2 rs7566605 [15], FTO rs9939609 [16], MC4R rs17700144 [17], TMEM18 rs11127485 [17], NPC1 rs1805081 [18]), reported to be associated with body weight, body mass index, body composition indices (fat mass, fat-free mass, percentage body fat or sum of skinfolds), body fat distribution indices (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, abdominal visceral and subcutaneous fat), leanness or obesity in human populations (MTTP rs3816873 [3], SREBF1 rs2297508 [19], LEPR (rs1137100 [3], rs1137101 [3], rs8179183 [3]), PPARG rs1801282 [3], FABP2 (rs6857641 [3], rs1799883 [3]), FABP1 rs2241883 [20], TCF7L2 rs7903146 [3], PTGES2 rs132823456 [21]) or located within quantitative trait loci (QTL) which constitute potential candidates influencing obesity-related phenotypes (ABCC8 [22], HSD11B1 [23], ALPI [24], IGF1 [25], TBC1D1 [26], M4CR [27], [28]) were included in the statistical modeling.…”