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Positive Association Between Type 2 Diabetes Risk Alleles Near CDKAL1 and Reduced Birthweight in Chinese Han Individuals.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Jul 2015
Sun Xiao-Fang, Xiao Xin-Hua, Zhang Zhen-Xin, Liu Ying, Xu Tao, Zhu Xi-Lin, Zhang Yun, Wu Xiao-Pan, Li Wen-Hui, Zhang Hua-Bing, Yu Miao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fetal insulin hypothesis was proposed that the association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes is principally genetically mediated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether common variants in genes CDKAL1, HHEX, ADCY5, SRR, PTPRD that predisposed to type 2 diabetes were also associated with reduced birthweight in Chinese Han population. METHODS: Twelve single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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