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Genetic association of ADIPOQ gene variants with type 2 diabetes, obesity and serum adiponectin levels in south Indian population.
Gene - 15 Dec 2013
Ramya Kandaswamy, Ayyappa Kuppuswamy Ashok, Ghosh Saurabh, Mohan Viswanathan, Radha Venkatesan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic association of eight variants of the adiponectin gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity and serum adiponectin level in the south Indian population. METHODS: The study comprised of 1100 normal glucose tolerant (NGT) and 1100 type 2 diabetic, unrelated subjects randomly selected from the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES), in southern India. Fasting...
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