Another meta-analysis of association between obesity/BMI-associated loci and T2DM risk [13], using data from studies conducted between 2007 and 2012, revealed that FTO rs9939609 significantly associated with T2DM which also remained significant following adjustment for BMI; Analysis by Vasan et al. [14] has provided evidence that rs9939609 is associated with obesity and T2DM in Asian Indians, with modest attenuation observed when adjusting for BMI. This evidence concerns the gene FTO and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.