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A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in african americans

  • Soumya Raychaudhuri
  • , Nicholette D. Palmer
  • , Caitrin W. McDonough
  • , Pamela J. Hicks
  • , Bong H. Roh
  • , Maria R. Wing
  • , S. Sandy An
  • , Jessica M. Hester
  • , Jessica N. Cooke
  • , Meredith A. Bostrom
  • , Megan E. Rudock
  • , Matthew E. Talbert
  • , Joshua P. Lewis
  • , Assiamira Ferrara
  • , Lingyi Lu
  • , Julie T. Ziegler
  • , Michele M. Sale
  • , Jasmin Divers
  • , Daniel Shriner
  • , Adebowale Adeyemo
  • Charles N. Rotimi, Maggie C Y Ng, Carl D. Langefeld, Barry I. Freedman, Donald W. Bowden

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    Abstract

    African Americans are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes (T2DM) yet few studies have examined T2DM using genome-wide association approaches in this ethnicity. The aim of this study was to identify genes associated with T2DM in the African American population. We performed a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) using the Affymetrix 6.0 array in 965 African-American cases with T2DM and end-stage renal disease (T2DM-ESRD) and 1029 population-based controls. The most significant SNPs (n = 550 independent loci) were genotyped in a replication cohort and 122 SNPs (n = 98 independent loci) were further tested through genotyping three additional validation cohorts followed by meta-analysis in all five cohorts totaling 3,132 cases and 3,317 controls. Twelve SNPs had evidence of association in the GWAS (P
    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere29202
    JournalPLoS ONE
    Volume7
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2012

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    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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