Common variants of FUT2 are associated with plasma vitamin B12 levels - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2008 Oct;40(10):1160-2.

doi: 10.1038/ng.210. Epub 2008 Sep 7.

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Common variants of FUT2 are associated with plasma vitamin B12 levels

Aditi Hazra et al. Nat Genet. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

We identified a strong association (P = 5.36 x 10(-17)) between rs492602 in FUT2 and plasma vitamin B(12) levels in a genome-wide scan (n = 1,658) and an independent replication sample (n = 1,059) from the Nurses' Health Study. Women homozygous for the rs492602[G] allele had higher B(12) levels. This allele is in strong linkage disequilibrium with the FUT2 nonsecretor variant encoding W143X, suggesting a plausible mechanism for altered B(12) absorption and plasma levels.

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