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Joint effects of known type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci in genome-wide association study of Singapore Chinese: the Singapore Chinese health study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Chen Zhanghua, Pereira Mark A, Seielstad Mark, Koh Woon-Puay, Tai E Shyong, Teo Yik-Ying, Liu Jianjun, Hsu Chris, Wang Renwei, Odegaard Andrew O, Thyagarajan Bharat, Koratkar Revati, Yuan Jian-Min, Gross Myron D, Stram Daniel O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic factors in type 2 diabetes (T2D), mostly among individuals of European ancestry. We tested whether previously identified T2D-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) replicate and whether SNPs in regions near known T2D SNPs were associated with T2D within the Singapore Chinese Health Study. METHODS: 2338 cases and 2339 T2D...
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