A variant in KCNQ1 gene predicts metabolic syndrome among northern urban Han Chinese women

• Main Authors: Yafei Liu (Author), Chunxia Wang (Author), Yafei Chen (Author), Zhongshang Yuan (Author), Tao Yu (Author), Wenchao Zhang (Author), Fang Tang (Author), Jianhua Gu (Author), Qinqin Xu (Author), Xiaotong Chi (Author), Lijie Ding (Author), Fuzhong Xue (Author), Chengqi Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies have reported that the potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1 (KCNQ1) gene is associated with diabetes in both European and Asian population. This study aims to find a predictable single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) to predict the risk of metabolic...