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SUBMITTER: Davis SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4690307 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Sharon K SK Xu Ruihua R Gebreab Samson Y SY Riestra Pia P Gaye Amadou A Khan Rumana J RJ Wilson James G JG Bidulescu Aurelian A
BMC genetics 20151223
<h4>Background</h4>African Americans experience disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and related risk factors. Little research has been done on the association of ADIPOQ gene on type 2 diabetes, plasma adiponectin, blood glucose, HOMA-IR and body mass index (BMI) in African Americans. The objective of our research was to assess such associations with selected SNPs. The study included a sample of 3,020 men and women from the Jackson Heart Study who had ADIPOQ genotyping informa ...[more]