The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is higher in Hispanic American populations than in populations of European ancestry. The objectives of this study were to distinguish between genetic and environmental explanations for this ethnic difference in disease risk, and to test candidate gene polymorphisms for association with type 2 diabetes in the Hispanic American population of San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA.
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