Obesity, clinical, and genetic predictors for glycemic progression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: A cohort study using the Hong Kong Diabetes Register and Hong Kong Diabetes Biobank

Jiang, GZ; Luk, AO; Tam, CHT; Lau, ES; Ozaki, R; Chow, EYK; Kong, APS; Lim, CKP; Lee, KF; Siu, SC; Hui, G; Tsang, CC; Lau, KP; Leung, JYY; Tsang, MW; Kam, G; Lau, IT; Li, JK; Yeung, VT; Lau, E; Lo, S; Fung, SKS; Cheng, YL; Chow, CC; Pearson, ER; So, WY; Chan, JCN; Ma, RCW

Ma, RCW (corresponding author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Med & Therapeut, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.; Ma, RCW (corresponding author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong Inst Diabet & Obes, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.; Ma, RCW (corresponding author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Inst Hlth Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.; Ma, RCW (corresponding author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, CUHK SJTU Joint Res Ctr Diabet Genom & Precis Med, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

PLOS MEDICINE, 2020; 17 (7):

Abstract

Author summaryWhy was this study done? There is marked heterogeneity in the rate of progression to insulin requirement in patients with type 2 diabete......

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