Article
Type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility gene TCF7L2 is strongly associated with hyperglycemia in the Saudi Arabia Population of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 1 Aug 2015
Acharya S, Al-Elq A, Al-Nafaie A, Muzaheed M, Al-Ali A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We studied the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs7903146, rs12255372 and rs4506565 in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) susceptibility gene, transcription factor 7 like 2 (TCF7L2) with T2DM among the population of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a case-control study, blood samples were collected from 359 T2DM patients and 351 age and sex-matched...
Read the complete abstract on PubMed