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Genetic modulation of lipid profiles following lifestyle modification or metformin treatment: the Diabetes Prevention Program.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Pollin Toni I, Isakova Tamara, Jablonski Kathleen A, de Bakker Paul I W, Taylor Andrew, McAteer Jarred, Pan Qing, Horton Edward S, Delahanty Linda M, Altshuler David, Shuldiner Alan R, Goldberg Ronald B, Florez Jose C, Franks Paul W
Abstract excerpt
Weight-loss interventions generally improve lipid profiles and reduce cardiovascular disease risk, but effects are variable and may depend on genetic factors. We performed a genetic association analysis of data from 2,993 participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program to test the hypotheses that a genetic risk score (GRS) based on deleterious alleles at 32 lipid-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
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