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Pilot genome-wide association study identifying novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes in a Maya population.
Gene - 30 Nov 2018
Domínguez-Cruz Miriam Givisay, Muñoz María de Lourdes, Totomoch-Serra Armando, García-Escalante María Guadalupe, Burgueño Juan, Valadez-González Nina, Pinto-Escalantes Doris, Díaz-Badillo Álvaro
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is one of the two leading causes of mortality in Mexico. However, most studies have focused on Caucasians or Asians, and there are a small number of studies investigating Maya populations. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, there is no information on isolated Maya communities with T2D frequencies of 20% that are primarily attributed to ethnicity. Consequently, this study...
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