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. 2005 Nov 5;366(9497):1650-1.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67492-2.

Role of the mitochondrial DNA 16184-16193 poly-C tract in type 2 diabetes

P F Chinnery  1 , H R Elliott, S Patel, C Lambert, S M Keers, S E Durham, M I McCarthy, G A Hitman, A T Hattersley, M Walker
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Role of the mitochondrial DNA 16184-16193 poly-C tract in type 2 diabetes

P F Chinnery et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

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.

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