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Genetics of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease and their associations with twelve cardiometabolic traits in the United Arab Emirates population.
Gene - 5 Aug 2020
Osman Wael, Hassoun Ahmed, Jelinek Herbert F, Almahmeed Wael, Afandi Bachar, Tay Guan K, Alsafar Habiba
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BACKGROUND: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) population has a high rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and other metabolic risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous studies have indicated strong genetic associations between T2DM and CAD. The objective of this study was to replicate previously reported significant genetic associations for T2DM and CAD which were in a genome-wide significance level...
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