The recommended diagnostic procedure is shown in▶ Fig. 1. The differential diagnostic
criteria for type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are listed in▶ Table 1. The criteria for the …

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA
sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA…

Smoking is a leading global cause of disease and mortality 1 . We established the Oxford-GlaxoSmithKline
study (Ox-GSK) to perform a genome-wide meta-analysis of SNP association …

The QRS interval, from the beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave on an
electrocardiogram, reflects ventricular depolarization and conduction time and is a risk factor for …

This recommendation aims to provide up-to-date information and the latest consensus on
diabetes diagnosis from a group of experts in Germany. The disease diabetes mellitus is …

Aims Our aims were to evaluate the distribution of troponin I concentrations in population
cohorts across Europe, to characterize the association with cardiovascular outcomes, to …

Aim of recommendations like this one issued by the German Diabetes Association is to
provide the GP and diabetologist and his team with information he needs for his daily practice. …

We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on multiple sclerosis (MS)
susceptibility in German cohorts with 4888 cases and 10,395 controls. In addition to associations …

Mitochondria (MT), the major site of cellular energy production, are under dual genetic control
by 37 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genes and numerous nuclear genes (MT-nDNA). In the …

Coffee consumption is a model for addictive behavior. We performed a meta-analysis of
genome-wide association studies (GWASs) on coffee intake from 8 Caucasian cohorts (N= 18 …