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Association of common genetic variants with diabetes and metabolic syndrome related traits in the Arizona Insulin Resistance registry: a focus on Mexican American families in the Southwest.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2014
DeMenna Jacob, Puppala Sobha, Chittoor Geetha, Schneider Jennifer, Kim Joon Young, Shaibi Gabriel Q, Mandarino Lawrence J, Duggirala Ravindranath, Coletta Dawn K
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The increased occurrence of type 2 diabetes and its clinical correlates is a global public health issue, and there are continued efforts to find its genetic determinant across ethnically diverse populations. The aims of this study were to determine the heritability of diabetes and metabolic syndrome phenotypes in the Arizona Insulin Resistance (AIR) registry and to perform an association analysis...
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