ea0056p338 | Diabetes (to include epidemiology, pathophysiology) | ECE2018
Mandour Iman
, Darwish Rania
, Salam Randa
, Naguib Merva
, El-Sayegh Sarah
Purpose: Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) variants are known risk factors of type 2 diabetes (T2DM).However; this association is not consistent among different populations. The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between rs 7903146, rs 12255372 variants of TCF7L2 and susceptibility to T2DM.Patients and methods: This case control study included 60 diabetic patients and 60 matched unrelated healthy controls. Genoty...