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Ancestral effect on HOMA-IR levels quantitated in an American population of Mexican origin.
Diabetes care - 1 Dec 2012
Qu Hui-Qi, Li Quan, Lu Yang, Hanis Craig L, Fisher-Hoch Susan P, McCormick Joseph B
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OBJECTIVE: An elevated insulin resistance index (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR]) is more commonly seen in the Mexican American population than in European populations. We report quantitative ancestral effects within a Mexican American population, and we correlate ancestral components with HOMA-IR. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed ancestral analysis in 1,551 participants of...
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