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The effect of FOXA2 rs1209523 on glucose-related phenotypes and risk of type 2 diabetes in Danish individuals.
BMC medical genetics - 12 Feb 2012
Banasik Karina, Hollensted Mette, Andersson Ehm, Sparsø Thomas, Sandbaek Annelli, Lauritzen Torsten, Jørgensen Torben, Witte Daniel R, Pedersen Oluf, Hansen Torben
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BACKGROUND: Variations within the FOXA family have been studied for a putative contribution to the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and recently the minor T-allele of FOXA2 rs1209523 was reported to associate with decreased fasting plasma glucose levels in a study using a weighted false discovery rate control procedure to enhance the statistical power of genome wide association studies in detecting associations...
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