Association study of 25 type 2 diabetes related Loci with measures of obesity in Indian sib pairs.

Association study of 25 type 2 diabetes related Loci with measures of obesity in Indian sib pairs.

Obesity is an established risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and they are metabolically related through the mechanism of insulin resistance. In order to explore how common genetic variants associated with T2D correlate with body mass index (BMI), we examined the influence of 25 T2D associated loc...

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Main Authors: Vipin Gupta, Donipadi Guru Vinay, Ulla Sovio, Sajjad Rafiq, Madamchetty Venkata Kranthi Kumar, Charles Spurgeon Janipalli, David Evans, Kulathu Radha Mani, Madana Narasimha Sandeep, Amy Taylor, Sanjay Kinra, Ruth Sullivan, Liza Bowen, Nicholas Timpson, George Davey Smith, Frank Dudbridge, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Kolli Srinath Reddy, Shah Ebrahim, Giriraj Ratan Chandak, Indian Migration Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547960?pdf=render

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