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SUBMITTER: Hwang JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4274808 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diabetes 20140903 1
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) has been recognized as an important indicator for the overall glycemic state preceding the onset of metabolic diseases. So far, most indentified genome-wide association loci for FPG were derived from populations with European ancestry, with a few exceptions. To extend a thorough catalog for FPG loci, we conducted meta-analyses of 13 genome-wide association studies in up to 24,740 nondiabetic subjects with East Asian ancestry. Follow-up replication analyses in up to a ...[more]