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Heterogeneity in effects of genetically determined adiposity on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
Journal of diabetes and its complications - 1 Mar 2018
Liu Tingting, Li Changwei, Shen Luqi, Shen Ye, Mao Weibo, Li Shengxu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide association study has identified 12 genetic variants robustly associated with body fat percentage (BF%) with diverse cardiometabolic consequences. We developed three genetic risk scores (GRSs) according to the associations of the 12 individual variants with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and test the GRSs' associations with insulin resistance and T2D in the Atherosclerosis Risk in...
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