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SUBMITTER: Arora GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083526 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arora Geeti P GP Almgren Peter P Brøns Charlotte C Thaman Richa G RG Vaag Allan A AA Groop Leif L Prasad Rashmi B RB
BMC medical genomics 20180808 1
<h4>Background</h4>Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a more common problem in India than in many other parts of the world but it is not known whether this is due to unique environmental factors or a unique genetic background. To address this question we examined whether the same genetic variants associated with GDM and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in Caucasians also were associated with GDM in North Indian women.<h4>Methods</h4>Five thousand one hundred pregnant women of gestational age 24-28 weeks from Pu ...[more]