MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Mendelian randomization studies do not support a role for raised circulating triglyceride levels influencing type 2 diabetes, glucose levels, or insulin resistance.

De Silva NM, Freathy RM, Palmer TM, Donnelly LA, Luan J, Gaunt T, Langenberg C, Weedon MN, Shields B, Knight BA, Ward KJ, Sandhu MS, Harbord RM, McCarthy MI, Smith GD, Ebrahim S, Hattersley AT, Wareham NJ, Lawlor DA, Morris AD, Palmer CN, Frayling TM

Diabetes. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-1317)

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