Abstract:Background. The continuously increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMt2) is an important problem in current medicine. In addition to well-known environmental factors that may contribute to this disease, genetic factors may also play a role. One of the genes that may be responsible for an increased risk of DMt2 development is the transcription factor TCF7L2 gene. This work was aimed to assess a correlation between the rs7903146 polymorphism in the TCF7L2 gene and age at DMt2 diagnosis, presence of o… Show more
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