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Genotype prediction of adult type 2 diabetes from adolescence in a multiracial population.
Pediatrics - 1 Nov 2012
Vassy Jason L, Dasmahapatra Pronabesh, Meigs James B, Schork Nicholas J, Magnussen Costan G, Chen Wei, Raitakari Olli T, Pencina Michael J, Jamal Seema M, Berenson Gerald S, Goodman Elizabeth
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BACKGROUND: Understanding the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) early in the life course is important for prevention. Whether genetic information improves prediction models for diabetes from adolescence into adulthood is unknown. METHODS: With the use of data from 1030 participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study aged 12 to 18 followed into middle adulthood, we built Cox models for incident T2D with risk factors...
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