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Association of the SNP-19 genotype 22 in the calpain-10 gene with elevated body mass index and hemoglobin A1c levels in Japanese.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Oct 2003
Shima Yukio, Nakanishi Koji, Odawara Masato, Kobayashi Tetsuro, Ohta Hidehiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An association of variations in the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) with type 2 diabetes was originally reported in Mexican Americans. However, some studies in other racial groups were contradictory. METHODS: We studied the influence of genotypes and haplotype combinations (haplogenotypes) of CAPN10 on the metabolic traits in 286 Japanese subjects who visited a General Health Check-up Center. RESULTS: As for...
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