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Metabolic factors and genetic risk mediate familial type 2 diabetes risk in the Framingham Heart Study.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2015
Raghavan Sridharan, Porneala Bianca, McKeown Nicola, Fox Caroline S, Dupuis Josée, Meigs James B
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes mellitus in parents is a strong determinant of diabetes risk in their offspring. We hypothesise that offspring diabetes risk associated with parental diabetes is mediated by metabolic risk factors. METHODS: We studied initially non-diabetic participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. Metabolic risk was estimated using beta cell corrected insulin response (CIR), HOMA-IR or a...
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