Common variants in the TCF7L2 gene are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Indian population

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Chandak, G R ^a   Janipalli, C S ^a   Bhaskar, S ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^b   Mohankrishna, P ^a   Hattersley, A T ^c   Frayling, T M ^c   Yajnik, C S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnicity; Polymorphisms; TCF7L2; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IMMUNIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2 GENE;

ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845936147     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0502-2     Document Type: Article

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