Amerind Ancestry, Socioeconomic Status and the Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in a Colombian Population

ABSTRACT: The ‘‘thrifty genotype’’ hypothesis proposes that the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Native Americans and admixed Latin Americans has a genetic basis and reflects an evolutionary adaptation to a past low calorie/high exercise lifestyle. However, identification of the gene vari...

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Autores:

Parra Marín, María Victoria
Duque Vélez, Constanza Elena
Gallego Lopera, Berta Natalia
Franco Hincapié, Liliana
Tandon, Arti
Hünemeier, Tábita
Bortolini, Cátira
Villegas Perrasse, Alberto
Bedoya Berrío, Gabriel de Jesús
McCarthy, Mark
Price, Alkes
Reich, David
Ruiz Linares, Andrés

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2012

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23733

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23733

Palabra clave:

Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Genética de Población
Genetics, Population
América Latina
Latin America
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003924
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005828
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007843

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/