Ethnic differences in adiposity and diabetes risk - insights from genetic studies.

doi:10.1111/joim.13082

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Ethnic differences in adiposity and diabetes risk - insights from genetic studies.

Journal of internal medicine - 1 Sept 2020

Yaghootkar H, Whitcher B, Bell J D, Thomas E L

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Type 2 diabetes is more common in non-Europeans and starts at a younger age and at lower BMI cut-offs. This review discusses the insights from genetic studies about pathophysiological mechanisms which determine risk of disease with a focus on the role of adiposity and body fat distribution in ethnic disparity in risk of type 2 diabetes. During the past decade, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have...

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PMID: 32367627
DOI: 10.1111/joim.13082

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