FTO and COVID-19: The distribution of individual FTO genotypes in the entire cohort (Table 2) was similar to the other Caucasian populations (42.7% of the G allele within the HAPIEE study and 40.4% of the G allele within pooled Caucasian studies, according the http://www.ncbi.nlm.gov/snp/rs17817449) with apparent excess of GG homozygotes among participants who have died from COVID-19.