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Association of indices of liver and adipocyte insulin resistance with 19 confirmed susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes in 6,733 non-diabetic Finnish men.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2011
Vangipurapu J, Stančáková A, Pihlajamäki J, Kuulasmaa T M, Kuulasmaa T, Paananen J, Kuusisto J, Ferrannini E, Laakso M
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Of the confirmed type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci only a few are known to affect insulin sensitivity. We examined the association of indices of hepatic and adipocyte insulin resistance (IR) with 19 confirmed type 2 diabetes risk loci in a large population-based study. METHODS: Non-diabetic participants (n = 8,460, age 57.3 ± 7.0 years, BMI 26.8 ± 3.8 kg/m(2); mean ± SD) from a population-based...
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