Triglyceride-Increasing Alleles Associated with Protection against Type-2 Diabetes.

Elevated plasma triglyceride (TG) levels are an established risk factor for type-2 diabetes (T2D). However, recent studies have hinted at the possibility that genetic risk for TG may paradoxically protect against T2D. In this study, we examined the association of genetic risk for TG with incident T2...

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Main Authors: Yann C Klimentidis, Akshay Chougule, Amit Arora, Alexis C Frazier-Wood, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005204
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