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Relationship of MTHFR gene 677C → T polymorphism, homocysteine, and estimated glomerular filtration rate levels with the risk of new-onset diabetes.
Medicine - 1 Feb 2015
Qin Xianhui, Li Youbao, Yuan Hui, Xie Di, Tang Genfu, Wang Binyan, Wang Xiaobin, Xu Xin, Xu Xiping, Hou Fanfan
Abstract excerpt
East Asian patients with diabetes have a higher risk for renal complications and strokes than Europeans. We aimed to evaluate the effect of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene 677 C → T polymorphism, which was associated with a higher stroke risk and was common in the Chinese population, as well as homocysteine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) levels on the risk of new-onset diabetes...
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