Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
LEP
Associated Variants
rs7799039
rs7799039
Associated Disease
obesity
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
To examine the association of a common -2548G/A (rs7799039) promoter variant of the human leptin gene (LEP) with obesity or body mass index (BMI) and its associated phenotypes such as blood pressure variability and the prevalence of hypertension in a sample of the Tunisian population.
Pubmed
18923972
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.44
Year of publication
2008
Drugs