Assessing the contribution of 38 genetic loci to the risk of type 2 diabetes in the Saudi Arabian Population

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 532-537

  Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a,b   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a,b,c   Alenad, Amal M ^d   Al Attas, Omar S ^a,b   Mohammed, Abdul Khader ^a,b   Sabico, Shaun ^a,b   Albagha, Omar M E ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EFFECT SIZE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HMG20A GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARABS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84896742854     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12187     Document Type: Article

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