Type 2 diabetes risk alleles are associated with reduced size at birth.

OBJECTIVE: Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms underlying this association are unknown and may represent intrauterine programming or two phenotypes of one genotype. The fetal insulin hypothesis proposes that common genetic variants that reduce ins...

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Main Authors:	Freathy, R, Bennett, A, Ring, S, Shields, B, Groves, C, Timpson, N, Weedon, M, Zeggini, E, Lindgren, C, Lango, H, Perry, JR, Pouta, A, Ruokonen, A, Hyppönen, E, Power, C, Elliott, P, Strachan, D, Järvelin, MR, Smith, G, McCarthy, M, Frayling, T, Hattersley, A
Format:	Conference item
Published:	2009

Type 2 diabetes risk alleles are associated with reduced size at birth.

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