Estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphisms and decreased risk of obesity in women.

ABSTRACT: Estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1) polymorphisms have been associated with several diseases, but whether they are associated with obesity is uncertain. To elucidate the role of genetic variation in the ESR1 gene with body mass index (BMI), 543 white women (median age, 63 years) from the Women's Health Study were examined. Most were postmenopausal (99.3%). The relationships between rs2234693 and rs9340799 genotypes and their associated haplotypes with obesity (BMI > or =30 kg/m(2)) and overweight (BMI > or =25 kg/m(2)) were evaluated. Among women with the rs2234693 TT genotype, 18.3% were obese, whereas only 8.2% of those with the CC genotype were obese (P = .04). In a logistic regression model assuming additive inheritance, rs2234693 was associated with decreased odds of obesity (BMI > or

SUBMITTER: Goulart AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2730211 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature