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SUBMITTER: Stancakova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2731523 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stancáková Alena A Kuulasmaa Teemu T Paananen Jussi J Jackson Anne U AU Bonnycastle Lori L LL Collins Francis S FS Boehnke Michael M Kuusisto Johanna J Laakso Markku M
Diabetes 20090605 9
<h4>Objective</h4>We investigated the effects of 18 confirmed type 2 diabetes risk single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, and conversion of proinsulin to insulin.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>A total of 5,327 nondiabetic men (age 58 +/- 7 years, BMI 27.0 +/- 3.8 kg/m(2)) from a large population-based cohort were included. Oral glucose tolerance tests and genotyping of SNPs in or near PPARG, KCNJ11, TCF7L2, SLC30A8, HHEX, LOC387761, CDKN2B, IGF2BP2 ...[more]