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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Patrick Chinnery, Dr Hannah Elliott, Dr Sheila Patel, Claire Lambert, Dr Steve Durham, Anne Hattersley, Professor Mark Walker
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Recent evidence suggests that polymorphic genetic variation in the non-coding region of mitochondrial DNA (the 16184-16193 polycytosine [poly-C] tract) contributes to the cause of type 2 diabetes, but previous studies only just reached significance. We aimed to investigate this association. We compared patients with type 2 diabetes (n=992) with two independent control groups (n=536, n=1029) from the UK, and saw no difference in the frequency of the 16184-16193 poly-C tract. This finding was confirmed by a meta-analysis of European studies of 1455 patients and 3132 controls (odds ratio 1·16, 95% CI 0·94-1·44). Genetic variation of the 16184-16193 poly-C tract is unlikely to have a major role in the cause of type 2 diabetes.
Author(s): Chinnery PF, Elliott HR, Patel S, Lambert C, Keers SM, Durham SE, McCarthy MI, Hitman GA, Hattersley AT, Walker M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Lancet
Year: 2005
Volume: 366
Issue: 9497
Pages: 1650-1651
ISSN (print): 0140-6736
ISSN (electronic): 1474-547X
Publisher: Lancet Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67492-2
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67492-2
PubMed id: 16271646
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