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Association of four insulin resistance genes with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in the Chinese Han population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2014
Jiang Bo, Liu Ya, Liu Yuxin, Fang Fang, Wang Xue, Li Bo
Abstract excerpt
Insulin resistance plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the association between four insulin resistance genes (ADIPOQ, LEPR, RETN, and TRIB3) and both T2DM and hypertension. A total of 768 Han Chinese subjects were recruited into this study, including 188 cases who had T2DM alone, 223 cases who had...
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