Establishing a genetic link between FTO and VDR gene polymorphisms and obesity in the Emirati population

BMC Medical Genetics

Table 2 Association between BMI and clinical and laboratory variables of the study subjects

Clinical or biochemical variant	Estimate	SE	P
Age	−0.017	0.005	0.002
Systolic blood pressure	0.011	0.004	0.007
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.001	0.006	0.800
HbA1c	0.056	0.038	0.150
Triglyceride	−0.027	0.060	0.650
Total Cholesterol	0.174	0.169	0.300
HDL Cholesterol	0.032	0.115	0.780
LDL Cholesterol	−0.245	0.181	0.180
Vitamin D	0.0004	0.002	0.850

Abbreviations- HbA1c Glycosylated hemoglobin, HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein, P p value, SE Standard error. *Significant p values< 0.05 are in bold

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