Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a world-wide growing health problem affecting more than 150
million people at the beginning of the new millennium. It is believed that this number will …

THIS REVIEW PROVIDES A STATUS REPORT ON THE EPIDEMIC of type 2 diabetes
mellitus that is affecting many of Canada ‚s First Nations. We focus on the published …

Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated
the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general …

Despite recent advances in the molecular genetics of type 2 diabetes, the majority of
susceptibility genes in humans remain to be identified. We therefore conducted a 10-cM …

Many" complex" human diseases, which involve multiple genetic and environmental
determinants, have increased in incidence during the past 2 decades. During the same time …

Inbred mouse strains provide genetic diversity comparable to that of the human population.
Like humans, mice have a wide range of diabetes-related phenotypes. The inbred mouse …

Prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD), of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and of the metabolic
syndrome are in Mauritius amongst the highest in the world. As T2DM and CHD are closely …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a common multifactorial genetic syndrome, which is determined
by several different genes and environmental factors. It now affects 150 million people world …

We conducted a genome scan using a 10-cM map to search for genes linked to type 2
diabetes in 691 individuals from a founder population, the Old Order Amish. We then …

Aims The goal was to estimate the sibling recurrence‐risk ratio for Type 2 diabetes in
families with diabetes occurring in middle age. Because diabetes aetiology involves …