Diabetes
Findings from the United States and Sweden advance knowledge in diabetes research
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 10th, 2006
Study 1: A linkage analysis was conducted for quantitative traits for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia.
"Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are highly heritable conditions that in aggregate are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the developed world and are growing problems in developing countries. To map the causal genes, we conducted a population screen for these conditions on the Pacific Island of Kosrae. Family history and genetic data were used to construct a pedigree for the island," scientists in the United States...
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