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Heritability of Curve Patterns in Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Feb 2020
Dalgård Christine, Möller Soren, Kyvik Kirsten O
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes, which is caused by both genetic and environmental factors, may be diagnosed using the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Recent studies demonstrated specific patterns in glucose curves during OGTT associated with cardiometabolic risk profiles. As the relative contribution of genetic and environmental influences on glucose curve patterns is unknown, we aimed to investigate the heritability of...
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