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Prospective study of the association between the proline to alanine codon 12 polymorphism in the PPARgamma gene and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes care - 1 Oct 2003
Memisoglu Asli, Hu Frank B, Hankinson Susan E, Liu Simin, Meigs James B, Altshuler David M, Hunter David J, Manson JoAnn E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Pro12Ala polymorphism in the PPARgamma gene was associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in the Nurses' Health Study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was a nested case-control study of 387 incident cases of type 2 diabetes and 771 matching control subjects nested within the Nurses' Health Study, a prospective cohort study. Association between PPARgamma genotype and...
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