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Subcutaneous abdominal adipocyte size, a predictor of type 2 diabetes, is linked to chromosome 1q21--q23 and is associated with a common polymorphism in LMNA in Pima Indians.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Mar 2001
Weyer C, Wolford J K, Hanson R L, Foley J E, Tataranni P A, Bogardus C, Pratley R E
Abstract excerpt
Large subcutaneous abdominal adipocyte size (s.c. abd. AS) is associated with insulin resistance and predicts type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians. Because type 2 diabetes is familial, we aimed to determine whether mean s.c. abd. AS is also familial and if so, to identify chromosomal regions linked to...
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