The birth weight lowering C-allele of rs900400 near LEKR1 and CCNL1 associates with elevated insulin release following an oral glucose challenge.

BACKGROUND AND AIM:The first genome-wide association study on birth weight was recently published and the most significant associated birth weight lowering variant was the rs900400 C-allele located near LEKR1 and CCNL1. We aimed to replicate the association with birth weight in the Danish Inter99 st...

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Main Authors: Ehm A Andersson, Marie N Harder, Kasper Pilgaard, Charlotta Pisinger, Alena Stančáková, Johanna Kuusisto, Niels Grarup, Kristine Færch, Pernille Poulsen, Daniel R Witte, Torben Jørgensen, Allan Vaag, Markku Laakso, Oluf Pedersen, Torben Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3208566?pdf=render