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Novel association of HK1 with glycated hemoglobin in a non-diabetic population: a genome-wide evaluation of 14,618 participants in the Women's Genome Health Study.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Paré Guillaume, Chasman Daniel I, Parker Alexander N, Nathan David M, Miletich Joseph P, Zee Robert Y, Ridker Paul M
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. While genetic variants have been found to influence the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, relatively few studies have focused on genes associated with glycated hemoglobin, an index of the mean blood glucose concentration of the preceding 8-12 weeks. Epidemiologic studies and randomized clinical trials have documented the relationship between glycated...
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