Combining information from common type 2 diabetes risk polymorphisms improves disease prediction.
<h4>Background</h4>A limited number of studies have assessed the risk of common diseases when combining information from several predisposing polymorphisms. In most cases, individual polymorphisms only moderately increase risk (approximately 20%), and they are thought to be unhelpful in...
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| Main Authors: | Michael N Weedon, Mark I McCarthy, Graham Hitman, Mark Walker, Christopher J Groves, Eleftheria Zeggini, N William Rayner, Beverley Shields, Katharine R Owen, Andrew T Hattersley, Timothy M Frayling |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030374&type=printable |
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