Adenosine deaminase and body mass index in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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We studied 273 subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) from the population of Penne, Italy. A low proportion of the adenosine deaminase (ADA)*2 allele is observed in NIDDM subjects with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or less. On the contrary, a high proportion of this allele is observed in NIDDM patients with a BMI higher than 34 kg/m2. In the intermediate BMI class, the proportion of...

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