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Evidence for Association between SH2B1 Gene Variants and Glycated Hemoglobin in Nondiabetic European American Young Adults: The Add Health Study.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2016
Lange Leslie A, Graff Mariaelisa, Lange Ethan M, Young Kristin L, Richardson Andrea S, Mohlke Karen L, North Kari E, Harris Kathleen M, Gordon-Larsen Penny
Abstract excerpt
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to classify glycaemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Body mass index (BMI) is a predictor of HbA1c levels and T2D. We tested 43 established BMI and obesity loci for association with HbA1c in a nationally representative multiethnic sample of young adults from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health [Add Health: age 24-34 years; n = 5641 European Americans (EA);...
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