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TCF7L2 polymorphisms and progression to diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Jul 2006
Florez Jose C, Jablonski Kathleen A, Bayley Nick, Pollin Toni I, de Bakker Paul I W, Shuldiner Alan R, Knowler William C, Nathan David M, Altshuler David
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BACKGROUND: Common polymorphisms of the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2) have recently been associated with type 2 diabetes. We examined whether the two most strongly associated variants (rs12255372 and rs7903146) predict the progression to diabetes in persons with impaired glucose tolerance who were enrolled in the Diabetes Prevention Program, in which lifestyle intervention or treatment with...
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