VDR and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: Results of these analyses showed that the VDR rs731236 (G) and VDR rs1544410 (T) alleles were positively associated with BMI and these alleles were associated with obesity independent of age and sex (p = 0.009, β = 0.086 and p = 0.028, β = 0.072 respectively) (Table 1).