PPARG, KCNJ11, CDKAL1, CDKN2A-CDKN2B, IDE-KIF11-HHEX, IGF2BP2 and SLC30A8 are associated with type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population.

Recent advance in genetic studies added the confirmed susceptible loci for type 2 diabetes to eighteen. In this study, we attempt to analyze the independent and joint effect of variants from these loci on type 2 diabetes and clinical phenotypes related to glucose metabolism.Twenty-one single nucleot...

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Main Authors: Cheng Hu, Rong Zhang, Congrong Wang, Jie Wang, Xiaojing Ma, Jingyi Lu, Wen Qin, Xuhong Hou, Chen Wang, Yuqian Bao, Kunsan Xiang, Weiping Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2763267?pdf=render