Common variants related to serum uric acid concentrations are associated with glucose metabolism and insulin secretion in a Chinese population.

BACKGROUND:Elevated serum uric acid concentration is an independent risk factor and predictor of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Whether the uric acid-associated genes have an impact on T2D remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of the uric acid-associated genes on the risk of T2D as well as gl...

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Main Authors: Xue Sun, Rong Zhang, Feng Jiang, Shanshan Tang, Miao Chen, Danfeng Peng, Jing Yan, Tao Wang, Shiyun Wang, Yuqian Bao, Cheng Hu, Weiping Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4305305?pdf=render