Article
Segregation analysis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians: evidence for a major-gene effect.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 1995
Hanson R L, Elston R C, Pettitt D J, Bennett P H, Knowler W C
Abstract excerpt
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) has a high prevalence in Pima Indians. The disorder is familial, but the extent to which genetic factors are involved in its etiology is largely unknown. Segregation analysis was used to determine whether familial aggregation of NIDDM in this popula...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arizona
- Body Mass Index
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Indians, North American
