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Investigating the potential effect of consanguinity on type 2 diabetes susceptibility in a Saudi population.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2014
Gosadi Ibrahim M, Goyder Elizabeth C, Teare Marion D
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OBJECTIVE: To examine mechanisms by which consanguinity might increase the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a Saudi population. METHODOLOGY: 362 adult male participants were recruited, 179 were T2D patients and 183 healthy siblings. T2D severity was assessed in patients by recording age at diagnosis. In healthy subjects, diabetes risk was studied by measuring the body mass index, fasting blood glucose (FBG)...
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