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Genotype score in addition to common risk factors for prediction of type 2 diabetes.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Nov 2008
Meigs James B, Shrader Peter, Sullivan Lisa M, McAteer Jarred B, Fox Caroline S, Dupuis Josée, Manning Alisa K, Florez Jose C, Wilson Peter W F, D'Agostino Ralph B, Cupples L Adrienne
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple genetic loci have been convincingly associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We tested the hypothesis that knowledge of these loci allows better prediction of risk than knowledge of common phenotypic risk factors alone. METHODS: We genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 18 loci associated with diabetes in 2377 participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. We...
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