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Predicting type 2 diabetes using genetic and environmental risk factors in a multi-ethnic Malaysian cohort.
Public health - 1 Aug 2017
Abdullah N, Abdul Murad N A, Mohd Haniff E A, Syafruddin S E, Attia J, Oldmeadow C, Kamaruddin M A, Abd Jalal N, Ismail N, Ishak M, Jamal R, Scott R J, Holliday E G
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OBJECTIVE: Malaysia has a high and rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). While environmental (non-genetic) risk factors for the disease are well established, the role of genetic variations and gene-environment interactions remain understudied in this population. This study aimed to estimate the relative contributions of environmental and genetic risk factors to T2D in Malaysia and also to assess evidence...
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