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Elevated level of certain protein associated with increased risk for diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 21st, 2008

Having a higher than normal level of fetuin-A, a protein produced in the liver and secreted into the blood stream, is associated with an increased risk of the development of diabetes, according to a study in the July 9 issue of JAMA.

"Type 2 diabetes mellitus has become a global epidemic and the increased prevalence of obesity is a major contributing factor. However, diabetes does not develop in all obese individuals and there is a strong genetic contribution to risk. Despite significant recent advances, mechanisms responsible for individual differences in clinical phenotype remain largely unknown," the authors write. Previous studies have found an association between...

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