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Longitudinal relationships between glycemic status and body mass index in a multiethnic study: evidence from observational and genetic epidemiology.
Scientific reports - 2 Aug 2016
Ishola Adeola F, Gerstein Hertzel C, Engert James C, Mohan Viswanathan, Diaz Rafael, Anand Sonia S, Meyre David
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the relationship between glycemic status and BMI and its interaction with obesity single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a multi-ethnic longitudinal cohort at high-risk for dysglycemia. We studied 17 394 participants from six ethnicities followed-up for 3.3 years. Twenty-three obesity SNPs were genotyped and an unweighted genotype risk score (GRS) was calculated. Glycemic status was defined...
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