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Association of ADIPOQ gene with type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in African American men and women: the Jackson Heart Study.
BMC genetics - 23 Dec 2015
Davis Sharon K, Xu Ruihua, Gebreab Samson Y, Riestra Pia, Gaye Amadou, Khan Rumana J, Wilson James G, Bidulescu Aurelian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: African Americans experience disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and related risk factors. Little research has been done on the association of ADIPOQ gene on type 2 diabetes, plasma adiponectin, blood glucose, HOMA-IR and body mass index (BMI) in African Americans. The objective of our research was to assess such associations with selected SNPs. The study included a sample of 3,020...
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