An Environment-Wide Association Study (EWAS) on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

J. Patel, Chirag; Bhattacharya, Jayanta; J. Butte, Atul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010746

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An Environment-Wide Association Study (EWAS) on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Published in PLoS ONE • May 20, 2010

Authors:

Chirag J. Patel

Jayanta Bhattacharya

Atul J. Butte

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and other chronic diseases are caused by a complex combination of many genetic and environmental factors. Few methods are available to comprehensively associate specific physical environmental factors with disease. We conducted a pilot Environmental-Wide Association...

Subject

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Medicine

Body mass index

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