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Joint effect of genetic and lifestyle risk factors on type 2 diabetes risk among Chinese men and women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Villegas Raquel, Delahanty Ryan, Gao Yu-Tang, Long Jirong, Williams Scott M, Xiang Yong-Bing, Cai Hui, Li Hong-Lan, Hu Frank, Cai Qiuyin, Zheng Wei, Shu Xiao-Ou
Abstract excerpt
More than 40 genetic susceptibility loci have been reported for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Recently, the combined effect of genetic variants has been investigated by calculating a genetic risk score. We evaluated 36 genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified SNPs in 2,679 T2D cases and 3322 controls in middle-age Han Chinese. Fourteen SNPs were significantly associated with T2D in analysis adjusted for age, sex...
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