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A genotype risk score predicts type 2 diabetes from young adulthood: the CARDIA study.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2012
Vassy J L, Durant N H, Kabagambe E K, Carnethon M R, Rasmussen-Torvik L J, Fornage M, Lewis C E, Siscovick D S, Meigs J B
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Genotype does not change over the life course and may thus facilitate earlier identification of individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes. We hypothesised that a genotype score predicts incident type 2 diabetes from young adulthood and improves diabetes prediction models based on clinical risk factors alone. METHODS: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study followed...
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