Article
Lack of association of the HMGA1 IVS5-13insC variant with type 2 diabetes in an ethnically diverse hypertensive case control cohort.
Journal of translational medicine - 9 Jan 2013
Karnes Jason H, Langaee Taimour Y, McDonough Caitrin W, Chang Shin-Wen, Ramos Miguel, Catlin James R, Casanova Octavio E, Gong Yan, Pepine Carl J, Johnson Julie A, Cooper-Dehoff Rhonda M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, the high-mobility group A1 gene (HMGA1) variant IVS5-13insC has been associated with type 2 diabetes, but reported associations are inconsistent and data are lacking in Hispanic and African American populations. We sought to investigate the HMGA1-diabetes association and to characterize IVS5-13insC allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium (LD) in 3,070 Caucasian, Hispanic, and African...
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