Heritability of variation in glycaemic response to metformin: a genome-wide complex trait analysis.

Kaixin Zhou, Louise Donnelly, Jian Yang, Miaoxin Li, Harshal Deshmukh, Natalie Van Zuydam, Emma Ahlqvist, Chris C Spencer, Leif Groop, Andrew D Morris, Helen M Colhoun, Pak C Sham, Mark I McCarthy, Colin N A Palmer, Ewan R Pearson

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Abstract

Metformin is a first-line oral agent used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but glycaemic response to this drug is highly variable. Understanding the genetic contribution to metformin response might increase the possibility of personalising metformin treatment. We aimed to establish the heritability of glycaemic response to metformin using the genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA) method.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-487
JournalThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Volume2
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Endocrinology and Diabetes

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