Genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes in Indians identifies a new susceptibility locus at 2q21.

Indians undergoing socioeconomic and lifestyle transitions will be maximally affected by epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of T2D in 12,535 Indians, a less explored but high-risk group. We identified a new type 2 diabetes-associated locus at 2q...

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Main Authors: Tabassum, R, Chauhan, G, Dwivedi, O, Mahajan, A, Jaiswal, A, Kaur, I, Bandesh, K, Singh, T, Mathai, B, Pandey, Y, Chidambaram, M, Sharma, A, Chavali, S, Sengupta, S, Ramakrishnan, L, Venkatesh, P, Aggarwal, S, Ghosh, S, Prabhakaran, D, Srinath, R, Saxena, M, Banerjee, M, Mathur, S, Bhansali, A, Shah, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013