Journal article
Circulating beta-carotene levels and type 2 diabetes-cause or effect?
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Circulating beta-carotene levels are inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, but the causal direction of this association is not certain. In this study we used a Mendelian randomisation approach to provide evidence for or against the causal role of the antioxidant vitamin beta-carotene in type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We used a common polymorphism (rs6564851) near the BCMO1 gene, which is strongly associated with circulating beta-carotene levels (p = 2 x 10(-24)), wit...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Diabetologia
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 2117-2121
- Publication date:
- 2009-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1432-0428
- ISSN:
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0012-186X
- Source identifiers:
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26904
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:26904
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uuid:895e89a0-51f2-4719-a7fe-7564bc345deb
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- pubs:26904
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2009
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