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FTO Genotype and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Spatial Analysis and Meta-Analysis of 62 Case-Control Studies from Different Regions.

Ying Yang, Boyang Liu, Wei Xia, Jing Yan, Huan-Yu Liu, Ling Hu, Song-Mei Liu

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Article in Genes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Gene-Diet Interactions in Type 2 Diabetes: The Chicken and Egg Debate.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying YangCenter for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Donghu Road 169#, Wuhan 430071, China. yangying0109@whu.edu.cn.
Boyang LiuDepartment of Geography, Wilkeson Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14261, USA. bliu24@buffalo.edu.
Wei XiaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430016, China. 18971319110@163.com.
Jing YanHubei Meteorological Information and Technology Support Center, Wuhan 430074, China. yanjing619@hotmail.com.
Huan-Yu LiuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei 442000, China. gutentag95@sina.com.
Ling HuDepartment of Neurology, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430016, China. m18372622675@163.com.
Song-Mei LiuCenter for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Donghu Road 169#, Wuhan 430071, China. smliu@whu.edu.cn.
Wuhan Children's Hospital · CNZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CNHubei University of Medicine · CNUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health problem that results from the interaction of environmental factors with genetic variants. Although a number of studies have suggested that genetic polymorphisms in the fat mass and obesity-associated (

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fat mass and obesity-associatedFTOmeta-analysispolymorphism(s)spatial analysisT2DMtype 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID28208657
PMCPMC5333059
OpenAlexW2588304645

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