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Clinical risk factors, DNA variants, and the development of type 2 diabetes.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Nov 2008
Lyssenko Valeriya, Jonsson Anna, Almgren Peter, Pulizzi Nicoló, Isomaa Bo, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Berglund Göran, Altshuler David, Nilsson Peter, Groop Leif
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is thought to develop from an interaction between environmental and genetic factors. We examined whether clinical or genetic factors or both could predict progression to diabetes in two prospective cohorts. METHODS: We genotyped 16 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and examined clinical factors in 16,061 Swedish and 2770 Finnish subjects. Type 2 diabetes developed in 2201...
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