In search of susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes in West Africa: The design and results of the first phase of the AADM study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-58

  Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Dunston, Georgia M ^a   Berg, Kate ^b,d   Akinsete, Omobosola ^a   Amoah, Albert ^c   Owusu, Samuel ^c   Acheampong, Joseph ^d   Boateng, Kofi ^b,d   Oli, Johnnie ^e   Okafor, Godfrey ^e   Onyenekwe, Belonwu ^e,f   Osotimehin, Babatunde ^e,f   Abbiyesuku, Fayeofori ^f   Johnson, Thomas ^g   Fasanmade, Olufemi ^g   Furbert Harris, Paulette ^a   Kittles, Rick ^a   Vekich, Mirjana ^h   Adegoke, Olufemi ^a   Bonney, George ^a   Collins, Francis ^b   more..

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genes; Linkage; Sib Pairs; Type 2 diabetes; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; C PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DNA; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0035174798     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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