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Type 2 Diabetes Risk Allele Loci in the Qatari Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
O'Beirne Sarah L, Salit Jacqueline, Rodriguez-Flores Juan L, Staudt Michelle R, Abi Khalil Charbel, Fakhro Khalid A, Robay Amal, Ramstetter Monica D, Al-Azwani Iman K, Malek Joel A, Zirie Mahmoud, Jayyousi Amin, Badii Ramin, Al-Nabet Al-Marri Ajayeb, Chiuchiolo Maria J, Al-Shakaki Alya, Chidiac Omar, Gharbiah Maey, Bener Abdulbari, Stadler Dora, Hackett Neil R, Mezey Jason G, Crystal Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing in the Middle East. However, the genetic risk factors for T2D in the Middle Eastern populations are not known, as the majority of studies of genetic risk for T2D are in Europeans and Asians. METHODS: All subjects were ≥3 generation Qataris. Cases with T2D (n = 1,124) and controls (n = 590) were randomly recruited and assigned to the 3 known Qatari...
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