First, the association between FTO SNVs (11 effect alleles: rs1558902: A; rs1121980: A; rs17817449: G; rs8050136: A; rs9935401: A; rs3751812: T; rs9936385: C; rs9939609: A; rs9941349: T; rs9930506: G; and rs9922708: T) and obesity indicators (body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared] and waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]) was investigated, controlling for sex and race. The gene discussed is FTO; the disease is obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.