The angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and differences in fasting plasma glucose in Hindustani Surinamese, African Surinamese and ethnic Dutch: The population-based SUNSET-study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  van Valkengoed, Irene G M ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Hahntow, Ines N ^a,b   Hoekstra, Joost B L ^a   Holleman, Frits ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnicity; Impaired fasting glucose; Insertion deletion polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURINAME;

ADULT; AFRICA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NETHERLANDS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SURINAME;

EID: 44649178157     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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