Article
Clinical characteristics of Japanese men with glucokinase gene beta-cell promoter variant.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 1997
Yamada K, Yuan X, Ishiyama S, Ichikawa F, Koyama K I, Koyanagi A, Koyama W, Nonaka K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between a variant at the position of -30 of beta-cell-specific promoter of the glucokinase gene and glucose tolerance in the Japanese general population and to assess the clinical characteristics of subjects with the variant. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The ge...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alleles
- Blood Glucose
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Fasting
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Glucokinase
- Glucose Intolerance
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Insulin
- Islets of Langerhans
