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The prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus is haptoglobin phenotype-independent.
Cytobios - 1 Jan 2000
Awadallah S, Hamad M
Abstract excerpt
Haptoglobin (Hp) phenotype distribution and the association between Hp polymorphism and type II diabetes mellitus was investigated in a Jordanian sample population consisting of 618 nondiabetics and 265 diabetics. In nondiabetics, Hp 2-2 was the most predominant type occurring at a frequency of 0.529 followed by Hp 2-1 occurring at a frequency of 0.387. In diabetics, the Hp 2-2 frequency was 0.540 while that of...
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