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Associations of genetic variants in/near body mass index-associated genes with type 2 diabetes: a systematic meta-analysis.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Nov 2014
Xi Bo, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Meirhaeghe Aline, Kato Norihiro, Chambers John C, Morris Andrew P, Cho Yoon Shin, Zhang Weihua, Mohlke Karen L, Kooner Jaspal S, Shu Xiao Ou, Pan Hongwei, Tai E Shyong, Pan Haiyan, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Zhou Donghao, Chandak Giriraj R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Genome-wide association studies have identified many obesity/body mass index (BMI)-associated loci in Europeans and East Asians. Since then, a large number of studies have investigated the role of BMI-associated loci in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the results have been inconsistent. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations of eleven obesity/BMI loci with...
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