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Genetic predisposition, Western dietary pattern, and the risk of type 2 diabetes in men.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 May 2009
Qi Lu, Cornelis Marilyn C, Zhang Cuilin, van Dam Rob M, Hu Frank B
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BACKGROUND: A widely held hypothesis is that interactions between genetic predisposition and Western-type lifestyle contribute to the epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D). No study has tested this hypothesis. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to assess whether established genetic variants, mainly from genomewide association studies, modify dietary patterns in predicting diabetes risk. DESIGN: We determined 10...
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