However, we found a significant association between FTO rs1477196 SNP and risk of thyroid cancer without (OR=1.31, 95%CI=1.07-1.61) or with (OR=1.32, 95%CI=1.08-1.62) adjustment for BMI (Table 2 and Supplementary Figures 3-4). Here, FTO is linked to thyroid gland carcinoma.