Age-Based Differences in the Genetic Determinants of Glycemic Control: A Case of FOXO3 Variations.

Glucose homeostasis is a trait of healthy ageing and is crucial to the elderly, but less consideration has been given to the age composition in most studies involving genetics and hyperglycemia.Seven variants in FOXO3 were genotyped in three cohorts (n = 2037; LLI, MI_S and MI_N; mean age: 92.5 ± 3....

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Main Authors: Liang Sun, Caiyou Hu, Yu Qian, Chenguang Zheng, Qinghua Liang, Zeping Lv, Zezhi Huang, Keyan Qi, Jin Huang, Qin Zhou, Ze Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4439071?pdf=render