FTO and metabolic syndrome: In the context of metabolic syndrome components, a study in women from Mayan communities of Chiapas, Mexico, found an association of hyperglycemia with FTO-rs9939609 in the dominant model (T/T vs. T/A + A/A; ORadjusted: 2.6; 95% CI: 1.3–5.3; p = 0.007) (Núñez-Ortega et al., 2021).