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Evidence for genetic factors underlying the insulin resistance syndrome in american indians.
Obesity research - 1 Dec 2003
North Kari E, Williams Ken, Williams Jeff T, Best Lyle G, Lee Elisa T, Fabsitz Richard R, Howard Barbara V, Gray R Stuart, MacCluer Jean W
Abstract excerpt
Previous analyses of American Indians of the Strong Heart Study have demonstrated that various insulin-resistance variables cluster, although knowledge about the genetic determination of these clusters is unknown. In an effort to explore the influences on the aggregation of insulin-resistance phenotypes, we used principal component factor analysis to examine the clustering of these phenotypes in participants of...
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