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Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) polymorphism and context-specific risk of type 2 diabetes in African American and Caucasian adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Diabetes - 1 Jan 2009
Yan Yu, North Kari E, Ballantyne Christie M, Brancati Frederick L, Chambless Lloyd E, Franceschini Nora, Heiss Gerardo, Kottgen Anna, Pankow James S, Selvin Elizabeth, West Suzanne L, Boerwinkle Eric
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OBJECTIVE: Although variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene are consistently associated with type 2 diabetes, large population-based studies of African Americans are lacking. Moreover, few studies have investigated the effects of TCF7L2 on type 2 diabetes in the context of metabolic risk factors of type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We investigated the association between the TCF7L2...
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