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Risk prediction of prevalent diabetes in a Swiss population using a weighted genetic score--the CoLaus Study.
Diabetologia - 1 Apr 2009
Lin X, Song K, Lim N, Yuan X, Johnson T, Abderrahmani A, Vollenweider P, Stirnadel H, Sundseth S S, Lai E, Burns D K, Middleton L T, Roses A D, Matthews P M, Waeber G, Cardon L, Waterworth D M, Mooser V
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Several susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes have been discovered recently. Individually, these genes increase the disease risk only minimally. The goals of the present study were to determine, at the population level, the risk of diabetes in individuals who carry risk alleles within several susceptibility genes for the disease and the added value of this genetic information over the clinical...
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