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Common variants of homocysteine metabolism pathway genes and risk of type 2 diabetes and related traits in Indians.
Experimental diabetes research - 1 Jan 2012
Chauhan Ganesh, Kaur Ismeet, Tabassum Rubina, Dwivedi Om Prakash, Ghosh Saurabh, Tandon Nikhil, Bharadwaj Dwaipayan
Abstract excerpt
Hyperhomocysteinemia, a risk factor for cardiovascular disorder, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, is prevalent among Indians who are at high risk of these metabolic disorders. We evaluated association of common variants of genes involved in homocysteine metabolism or its levels with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related traits in North Indians. We genotyped 90 variants in initial phase (2.115 subjects) and...
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