Novel association of HK1 with glycated hemoglobin in a non-diabetic population: a genome-wide evaluation of 14,618 participants in the Women's Genome Health Study.

Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. While genetic variants have been found to influence the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, relatively few studies have focused on genes associated with glycated hemoglobin, an index of the mean blood glucose concentration of the preceding...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Paré, Daniel I Chasman, Alexander N Parker, David M Nathan, Joseph P Miletich, Robert Y Zee, Paul M Ridker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2596965?pdf=render