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Genotype risk score of common susceptible variants for prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Japanese: the Shimanami Health Promoting Program (J-SHIPP study). Development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and genotype risk score.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Nov 2011
Tabara Yasuharu, Osawa Haruhiko, Kawamoto Ryuichi, Onuma Hiroshi, Shimizu Ikki, Makino Hideichi, Kohara Katsuhiko, Miki Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
Recent genomewide association studies have successfully identified several genotypes susceptible to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, only a few studies have investigated whether these variations confer a risk of the future development of T2DM. We conducted a longitudinal genetic epidemiological study to clarify the prognostic significance of the T2DM-associated variants. The sample population consisted...
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