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Role of TCF7L2 risk variant and dietary fibre intake on incident type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2012
Hindy G, Sonestedt E, Ericson U, Jing X-J, Zhou Y, Hansson O, Renström E, Wirfält E, Orho-Melander M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The T allele of transcription factor 7-like 2 gene variant, TCF7L2 rs7903146, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by 40-50%. As TCF7L2 rs7903146 has been associated with diminished incretin effect we investigated whether interaction between dietary intake of carbohydrate, fat, protein or fibre and this variant affects the risk of type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A cohort of 24,799 non-diabetic...
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