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Studies of the impact of a liver glucokinase promoter variant on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity index.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 1997
Urhammer S A, Hansen T, Jensen L B, Clausen J O, Hansen L, Chui K C, Pedersen O
Abstract excerpt
Because a frequently occurring nucleotide substitution at position -258 in the liver glucokinase promoter has been reported to be associated with impaired promoter activity, we have examined in Danish Caucasians whether this variant is associated with alterations in glucose tolerance and/or the insulin sensitivity index (Si). Among 246 Danish Caucasian patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the...
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