Meta-analysis of association between TCF7L2 polymorphism rs7903146 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large scale association studies have found a significant association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) polymorphism rs7903146. However, the quality of data varies greatly, as the studies report inconsistent results in different populations. Hence, we perform this meta-analysis to give a more convincing result.

Methods

The articles, published from January 1st, 2000 to April 1st, 2017, were identified by searching in PubMed and Google Scholar. A total of 56628 participants (34232 cases and 22396 controls) were included in the meta-analysis. A total of 28 studies were divided into 4 subgroups: Caucasian (10 studies), East Asian (5 studies), South Asian (5 studies) and Others (8 studies). All the data analyses were anal

SUBMITTER: Ding W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842570 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature