Examination of Type 2 Diabetes Loci Implicates CDKAL1 as a Birth Weight Gene
Diabetes2009Vol. 58(10), pp. 2414–2418
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Jianhua Zhao, Mingyao Li, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Kai Wang, Haitao Zhang, Patrick Sleiman, Chong Ae Kim, Kiran Annaiah, Wendy Glaberson, Joseph Glessner, F. George Otieno, Kelly Thomas, Maria Garris, Cuiping Hou, Edward C. Frackelton, Rosetta Chiavacci, Robert I. Berkowitz, Håkon Håkonarson, Struan F.A. Grant
Abstract
We observe association between lower birth weight and type 2 diabetes risk-conferring alleles at the CDKAL1 locus. Our data show that the same genetic locus that has been identified as a marker for type 2 diabetes in previous studies also influences birth weight.
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