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Admixture mapping and fine-mapping of type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci in African American women.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2018
Uribe-Salazar José M, Palmer Julie R, Haddad Stephen A, Rosenberg Lynn, Ruiz-Narváez Edward A
Abstract excerpt
African American women are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes. Genetic factors may explain part of the excess risk. More than 100 genetic variants have been associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, but most studies have been conducted in white populations. Two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in African Americans have identified three novel genetic variants only. We conducted admixture mapping...
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