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Examination of all type 2 diabetes GWAS loci reveals HHEX-IDE as a locus influencing pediatric BMI.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2010
Zhao Jianhua, Bradfield Jonathan P, Zhang Haitao, Annaiah Kiran, Wang Kai, Kim Cecilia E, Glessner Joseph T, Frackelton Edward C, Otieno F George, Doran James, Thomas Kelly A, Garris Maria, Hou Cuiping, Chiavacci Rosetta M, Li Mingyao, Berkowitz Robert I, Hakonarson Hakon, Grant Struan F A
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OBJECTIVE: A number of studies have found that BMI in early life influences the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Our goal was to investigate if any type 2 diabetes variants uncovered through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) impact BMI in childhood. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHO...
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