With regards to the other variations, it should be stated that the fact that we did not find association with SNPs within or near well-known obesity predisposing genes (i.e., FTO and MC4R) might indicate that loci other than the ones we tested in our study might have a role in predisposing to obesity in Qataris. The gene discussed is FTO; the disease is obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.