An assessment of the shared allelic architecture between type 2 diabetes and prostate cancer
Objective: To determine whether the alleles that influence type 2 diabetes risk and glycemic traits also influence prostate cancer risk. Methods: We used a multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) genotypic risk score to assess the average effect of alleles that increase type 2 diabetes risk o...
Main Author: | Yu, Hoi Yun Oriana |
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Other Authors: | John Brent Richards (Internal/Supervisor) |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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McGill University
2013
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119333 |
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