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Resistin gene polymorphisms and progression of glycaemia in southern Chinese: a 5-year prospective study.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2007
Xu Jian Yu, Sham Pak C, Xu Aimin, Tso Annette W K, Wat Nelson M S, Cheng King Yip, Fong Carol H Y, Janus Edward D, Lam Karen S L
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OBJECTIVE: Human resistin gene (RETN) polymorphisms have been found to be associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), insulin resistance and/or obesity. We evaluated, in a 5-year prospective study, whether RETN polymorphisms could predict the progression of glycaemia in southern Chinese. DESIGN AND PATIENTS: We conducted a systematic search for variants in RETN in 70 southern Chinese subjects. This was followed by...
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