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SUBMITTER: Schmidt B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4071333 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmidt Börge B Dragano Nico N Scherag André A Pechlivanis Sonali S Hoffmann Per P Nöthen Markus M MM Erbel Raimund R Jöckel Karl-Heinz KH Moebus Susanne S
BMC public health 20140616
<h4>Background</h4>The relevance of disease-related genetic variants for the explanation of social inequalities in complex diseases is unclear and empirical analyses are largely missing. The aim of our study was to examine whether genetic variants predisposing to diabetes mellitus are associated with socioeconomic status in a population-based cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>We genotyped 11 selected diabetes-related single nucleotide polymorphisms in 4655 participants (age 45-75 years) of the Heinz Nixdor ...[more]