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ea0034p270 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2014

Does TCF7L2 polymorphisms increase the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in South Indian population?

Thomas Nihal , Mahesh D M , Chapla Aaron , Paul Johan , Shwetha N , Christina Flory , Asha H S

Introduction: Genetic predisposition with environmental factors plays a significant role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Among the diabetogenic genes, the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2), a member of the Wnt signalling pathway remains the strongest genetic determinant of type 2 diabetes risk in humans. Our aim was to investigate whether TCF7L2 variants that have previously been associated with type2 diabetes would also confer risk for gestational diabete...