The genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes may be modulated by obesity status: implications for association studies

• Main Authors: Charpentier Guillaume (Author), Marre Michel (Author), Balkau Beverley (Author), Potoczna Natascha (Author), Horber Fritz (Author), Choquet Hélène (Author), Nead Kevin T (Author), Cauchi Stéphane (Author), Froguel Philippe (Author), Meyre David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Considering that a portion of the heterogeneity amongst previous replication studies may be due to a variable proportion of obese subjects in case-control designs, we assessed the association of genetic variants with type 2 diabetes...